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Kensington 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Parish]

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Table: The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of deaths of parishioners, males and females, in each of the sub-districts.

The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of deaths of parishioners, males and females, in each of the sub-districts.

Kensington Town.Brompton.
Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Parish.
1st Quarter2943246186368131749
2nd „2923075996176137736
3rd „2612715325661117649
4th „2913045957686162757
1,1381,2062,3442562915472,891
The Births were, of Males, 1943The Deaths were, of Males, 1394
Females, 1774Females, 1497
Total Births, 3717Total Deaths, 2891
Deduct 2891 Deaths
Shows 826 excess of Births over Deaths.
Estimated increase of population in the year, 700.

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DEATH-RATES IN ENGLAND AND WALES ; AND
IN LONDON; AND IN OTHER LARGE TOWNS.
Before entering upon details with respect to the causes of
death in Kensington, I may mention, by way of comparison
with our local mortality-rates, that the death-rate in England
and Wales, in 1896, was 17.1 per 1,000, and was lower than
the rate in any previous year, excepting 1894. As compared with
the rate in the ten years 1886-95, the death-rate in 1896 shows
a decrease of 1.7 per 1,000. The rate in London, as already
stated, was 18.6 per 1,000, and was 1.5 below the decennial
average (20.1).
The subjoined table shows the annual death-rate per 1,000
persons living, in each of the last eleven years in Kensington,
in London, and in England and Wales:—