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Kensington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Parish]
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Localised Death-Rates.—In conformity with the request of your Yestry for information as to the relative death-rates in localised portions of the parish, I submit the following statement, showing the death-rate in the several Districts of the parish:—
| Locality. | Estimated Population. | Deaths in the four weeks. | Death-Rate. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the four weeks. | In the preced-ingtwelve weeks. | in 1896. (Whole Year.) | |||
| The Parish | 170,700 | 187 | 14.2 | 15.8 | 16.7 |
| Sub-Districts:— | |||||
| Kensington Town | 122,400 | 149 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 18.9 |
| Brompton | 48,300 | 38 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 |
| Parliamentary Divisions:— | |||||
| North Kensington | 86,440 | 115 | 17.3 | 19.6 | 21.5 |
| South Kensington | 84,260 | 72 | 11.1 | 12.0 | 11.7 |
| Sanitary Districts:— | |||||
| North | 32,850 | 40 | 15.8 | 18.2 | 20.0 |
| North-East | 30,140 | 24 | 10.4 | 14.4 | 16.9 |
| North-West | 16,450 | 37 | 29.2 | 29.7 | 30.9 |
| " Special Area " | 3,700 | 14 | 49.2 | 50.0 | 50.0 |
| Central | 27,140 | 29 | 13.9 | 15.3 | 13.2 |
| South-East | 32,140 | 21 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 9.1 |
| South-West | 31,980 | 36 | 14.6 | 12.4 | 13.4 |
Abnormal Death Rates.—In conformity with the request of
your Vestry that I should "furnish in the case of any district
showing an abnormally high death-rate, an explanatory note setting
forth such facts as are within my knowledge relating to the deaths,
and, in the case of any such district containing common lodginghouses,
the number of deaths occurring in such houses,'' I now
report that the only abnormally high death-rate during the four
weeks was that in the North-West district, viz., 29.2 per 1,000, or
23.5 after deduction of the deaths in the "Notting Dale" Special area,
the death-rate in this area being 49.2 per 1,000. The death-rate in the
parish less the North-West district was 12.6 per 1000. Particulars
of the deaths allocated to the Special Area are set out at page 41.
Four of them (Nos. 6, 7, 10 & 11) took place at the Parish Infirmary,
to which the deceased persons had been admitted since 14th
March last. The death numbered I took place at the Western
Fever Hospital; the deaths numbered 3 and 12 took place at the
West London Hospital; the death numbered 13 took place at the
Leavesden Asylum, to which the deceased person had been removed
in December, 1896. The death numbered was of a person who
had been removed to the Infirmary on the 7th instant from No.
28, St. Clement's Road, a common lodging-house at which he had
been resident for some months.