Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Parish]
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Diseases. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | Annual Average of ten years, 1886-95. | Propor-tion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in ten years 1886-96. | Deaths in 1896. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in 1896. | |
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Small-pox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | |
Measles | 56 | 108 | 124 | 14 | 140 | 29 | 109 | 18 | 105 | 33 | 73.9 | 22 .8 | 173 | 59.8 | |
Scarlet Fever | 11 | 44 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 36 | 51 | 22 | 27 | 28.7 | 10 .2 | 39 | 13.5 | |
Diphtheria | 30 | 40 | 89 | 111 | 35 | 28 | 31 | 83 | 75 | 89 | 61.1 | 21.8 | 72 | 24.9 | |
Whooping-cough | 82 | 86 | 100 | 26 | 93 | 84 | 63 | 65 | 61 | 39 | 69.9 | 24.9 | 99 | 34.3 | |
Enteric Fever | 11 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 16.9 | 6.0 | 15 | 5.2 | |
Sim.Continued Fever | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 1 | 0.3 | |
Diarrhæa | 90 | 124 | 58 | 71 | 78 | 91 | 77 | 98 | 56 | 118 | 86.1 | 30.7 | 61 | 21.1 | |
TOTALS. | Kensington. | 280 | 416 | 420 | 269 | 387 | 273 | 333 | 341 | 346 | 322 | 338.7 | 120.7 | 460 | 159.1 |
London. | 11121 | 12684 | 10803 | 9709 | 12279 | 9675 | 11983 | 13223 | 11544 | 11544 | 11456 | 135.8 | 14100 | 168.8 | |
England & Wales | 62859 | 64676 | 50684 | 61027 | 59698 | 53221 | 56032 | 73499 | 52771 | 64901 | 59936 | 110.0 | 66936 | 126.8 |