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Kensington 1896

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

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Table: (a) Table of DEATHS during the Year 1896, in the Parish of Kensington, in the Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities. (See Note, page 64.)

(a) Table of DEATHS during the Year 1896, in the Parish of Kensington, in the Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities. (See Note, page 64.)

Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B., p. 93.)MORTALITY FROM ALL CAUSES, AT SUBJOINED AGES.MORTALITY FROM SUBJOINED CAUSES, DISTINGUISHING DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 6.5 and under 1515 and under 25.25 and under 65.66 and upwards123467891011131314151617181920Total.
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Group.Fever.Cholera.Brysipelas.Measles.WboopingOough.Diarrhœa & Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.
Enterioicor TyphoidContinued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
Kensington Town Sub- District10665143154944416328under 5...2181............211298550...8166123343829
5 upwds....38...7......6...1812310312510927434837
Brompton Sub-District42773381119162124Under 5...142..................1335......15...167111
5 upwds.......4...21...1......511130384816168316
Kensington Infirmary4645941721206130Under 5......1.....................1292......26...119100
upwds....1.....................21...1...7582354163364
Brompton Hospital108.....73269...Under 5............................................................
5 upwds..........................................9547...2108
St.Marvlebone Infirmary462234058219167Under 5......1.....................1844......14...22063
5 upwds.......1..................33...2781093213158399
St. Joseph's House31............328Under 5............................................................
5 upwds..........................................129...1931
Totals3158669434791241075777Under 5...3243............2117210161...82211274791103
5 upwds....413...91...7...617264382360240609442055
Thesubjoinednumbershavealsotobetakenintoaccountinjudgingoftheaboverecordsofmortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto3531661392917038Under 5...2421.....................2............5...42177
5 upwds....813...6...............3.........23172732147276
Deaths occurring with in the district among persons not belong ing thereto62029401142300198Under 5......1.....................1844......14...32569
5 upwds.......1..................33..2...1741155419180551

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* Column 5 (Typhus), from which disease there was no death, has been excluded owing to exigencies of space.