View report page

32
From the above table it appears that the mortality from
measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria and whooping-cough was in
excess, that from enteric fever slightly, and that from diarrhoea
considerably below the average. As usual the deaths were
fewer in the Brompton sub-district (62) in proportion to
population, than in the Town sub-district (398). The deaths
from these diseases were equal to 159 per 1,000 deaths from all
causes in Kensington, the proportion in the Metropolis as a
whole being 169 per 1,000.
The zymotic death-rate was in North Kensington 42 per
1,000 persons living, and in South Kensington 1.2 per 1,000.
The rate in the several Sanitary Districts was as follows:—
North
Kensington.
South
Kensington
North 137 deaths or 4.2 per 1,000 persons living.
North-east 96 deaths or 3.0 per 1,000 persons living.
North-west 124 deaths or 5.9 per 1,000 persons living.
Central 27 deaths or 1.3 per 1,000 persons living.
South-east 37 deaths or 1.2 per 1,000 persons living.
South-west 39 deaths or 1.2 per 1,000 persons living.
The deaths in the "Notting Dale" special area from
diseases of the zymotic class, were 30, and equal to 8'0 per 1,000
of the population. The significance of these figures is unmistakeable.
The table at page 30 shows the distribution of the deaths
in Kensington from these diseases as recorded in the thirteen
four-weekly reports.
In England and Wales the deaths from these diseases
were 127 in each 1,000 deaths, and the rate was 2.18 per 1,000
persons living, the decennial average being about 2.5 per 1,000.
In the 32 Cities and Boroughs grouped by the RegistrarGeneral
with the Metropolis, the zymotic death-rate averaged
2. 72 per 1,000, ranging from 110 at Halifax, and 1.18 at
Huddersfield, to 4.10 at Salford.