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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Parish]
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(B) Table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health, during the year 1896, in the parish of Kensington, in the Metropolitan District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics: Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1896. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fever | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerpueral. | |||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kensington Town SubDistrict | 116583 | 119389 | 2968 | Under 5 | 4 | 243 | 92 | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 4 | 187 | 61 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 5 upwds. | 9 | 545 | 144 | ... | ... | 64 | 4 | ... | 5 | ... | 153 | 9 | 419 | 87 | ... | ... | 28 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ||||
| Brompton SubDistrict | 47351 | 47968 | 616 | Under 5 | ... | 38 | 38 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 82 | 82 | ... | ... | 26 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 27 | ... | 117 | 54 | ... | ... | 12 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||||
| Kensington Infirmary and Workhouse | 1355 | 1648 | 133 | Under 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 80 | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| St.Marylebone Infirmary | 813 | 803 | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Brompton Hospital | 206 | 192 | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Total | 166308 | 170000 | 3,7171 | Under 5 | 4 | 28 7 | 131 | 11 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 4 | 217 | 88 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 5 upwds. | 9 | 724 | 229 | ... | ... | 92 | 5 | ... | 9 | ... | 261 | 9 | 546 | 143 | ... | ... | 42 | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | |||||