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No. IV., 1897.
REPORT
on the
Health, Sanitary Condition, &c.
of
KENSINGTON.
For the Four Weeks, Starch 28th to April 24th, being the 13th
14th, 15th and 16th Weeks of the Registration Year, 1897.
by
T. ORME DUDFIELD, M.D.,
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Kensington, W.,
April 28th, 1897.
Gentlemen,
1.—I have to report that 248 births (males 119, females 129),
and 187 deaths (males 102, females 85), were registered in the
four weeks ended 24th April. After making due allowance for
increase of population, the births were 56, and the deaths
38, below the numbers registered in the corresponding weeks in
the previous ten years. The births were equivalent to an annual
rate of 18.9 per 1,000 persons living, or 4.3 per 1,000 below
the decennial average (23.2). The deaths were equivalent to an
annual rate of 14.2 per 1,000, or 2.9 per 1.000 below the decennial
average (17.1). The rate in the successive weeks was 18.0, 15.2,
13.7 and 10.1. The death-rate in the Metropolis was 17.3 per 1,000;
3.1 above the rate in Kensington, and 2.7 below the decennial
average (20.0). Fifty-four of the deaths of Kensington parishioners
were of children under 5 years of age, including 36 under one
year. Sixty-two persons died at 60 and upwards. Thirty-eight
deaths were caused by the diseases of the respiratory organs,
including bronchitis 22, and pneumonia 12. The deaths from
phthisis were 13, from diseases of the heart 11, and from tubercular
or scrofulous diseases of children under 5 years of age, 10.