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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total deaths registered in the district. | Transferable deaths | Net deaths belonging to the district | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected number. | Net. | of nonresdents registered in the district. | of residents not registered in the district. | Under 1 year of age. | At all ages. | |||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 net births. | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1929 | 176,000B 175,800D | 2,139 | 2,544 | 14.4 | 2,889 | 16.4 | 733 | 552 | 213 | 84 | 2,708 | 15.4 |
| 1930 | 176,000 | 2,154 | 2,580 | 14.7 | 2,401 | 13.6 | 749 | 590 | 177 | 69 | 2,242 | 12.7 |
| 1931 | 174,800 | 2,111 | 2,485 | 14.2 | 2,646 | 15.1 | 716 | 525 | 188 | 76 | 2,455 | 14.0 |
| 1932 | 183,500 | 2,245 | 2,362 | 12.9 | 2,930 | 15.4 | 937 | 497 | 232 | 98 | 2,490 | 13.6 |
| 1933 | 181,100 | 2,138 | 2,165 | 12.0 | 2,833 | 15.6 | 1,033 | 536 | 157 | 72 | 2,336 | 12.9 |
| 1934 | 179,080 | 2,305 | 2,195 | 12.3 | 2,848 | 15.9 | 1,087 | 616 | 204 | 93 | 2,377 | 13.3 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
‡ B. Population as estimated by the Registrar-General for the calculation of birth rate.
D. „ „ „ „ „ „ „ death rate.
At Census of 1931.
Area of district in acres (exclusive of
area covered by water) ... ... 2,291
Total population at all ages ... ... 183,893
Total families or separate occupiers ... 47,713
TABLE II. Table showing the number of cases of infectious disease notified in the various age periods and wards; the number admitted to hospitals; and the total deaths from these diseases in 1934.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each ward. | Cases admitted to hospital. | Total deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At ages.— Years. | St. Charles. | Golborne. | Norland. | Pembridge. | Holland. | Earl's Court. | Queen's Gate. | Redcliffe. | Brompton. | |||||||||||||||
| At all ages | Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and over. | ||||||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Recheck881 |
| Scarlet fever | 549 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 45 | 62 | 178 | 78 | 36 | 64 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 149 | 127 | 78 | 49 | 32 | 38 | 26 | 32 | 18 | 512 | 3 |
| Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | 360 | 13 | 27 | 29 | 42 | 49 | 128 | 35 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 123 | 78 | 87 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 359 | 14 |
| Enteric fever | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 6 | — |
| Puerperal fever | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 |
| Primary pneumonia | 147 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 81 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 3& |
| Influenzal pneumonia | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 23 |
| Dysentery | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 80 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 18 | 11 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 8 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 182 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 22 | 81 | 26 | 41 | 9 | 40 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 141 | 103 |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 47 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 15 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Malaria | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| *Enteritis (diarrhœa) | 52 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 18 | 59 |
| † Acute rheumatism | 56 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 23 | 29 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 19 | 7 |
| Totals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Notifiable only in children under the age of 5 years.
† „ 16
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above table.