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Kensington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Parish]
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Infantile Mortality in London.—Having examined
the statistics for the several districts in London, I find that
the mortality-rate of infants under one year of age was higher
than in Kensington (176 deaths per 1,000 of registered births)
in nine districts only, viz., in Battersea, 177 per 1,000; in
Hammersmith, 179; in Shoreditch, 180; in St. George's,
Southwark, 181; in Newington and also in Clerkenwell, 184;
in the Strand, 193; in Holborn, 194; and in St. Saviour's,
Southwark, 213. In two districts. Limehouse and Poplar, the
rate was the same as in Kensington. In seven districts the rate,
lower than in Kensington, was higher than in London, as a whole
(161 deaths per 1,000 registered births), viz., in Fulham, 175;
in Woolwich, 172; in Westminster and also in Bethnal Green,
170; in Chelsea and also in St. Pancras, 168; and in St.
Martin-in-the-Fields, 164. In the remaining 24 districts the
rate was lower than in London.
SENILE MORTALITY.
At sixty years of age and upwards there were 778 deaths,
or 760 after correction for the 53rd week, as compared with 859,
671, and 784, in the preceding three years respectively. These
deaths were equal to 269 per 1,000 on total deaths, the equivalent
proportion in London as a whole being 219 per 1,000.
The Death-Rate per 1,000 persons living at different age-periods in 1896, and in the preceding three years respectively, was as follows:—
| Population 1896 | Death-rate per 1000. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 1895 | 1894 | 1893 | ||
| Under 5 years of age | 15,190 | 72.0 | 63.5 | 68.3 | 64.6 |
| Five and under 15 | 27,761 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 5.0 |
| Fifteen „ 25 | 37,986 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| Twenty-five „ 35 | 32,615 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| Thirty-five „ 45 | 22,709 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 11.1 |
| Forty-five „ 55 | 16,107 | 14.8 | 18.7 | 15.2 | 18.6 |
| Fifty-five „ 65 | 9,809 | 32.2 | 30.2 | 28.1 | 33.5 |
| Sixty-five and upwards | 7,823 | 78.8 | 80.5 | 67.4 | 85.8 |