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Kensington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Parish]
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mentioned correction; so that the total differs to the number
of 2,885 notifications (or about 5.5 per cent. in excess) as
compared with the corrected notifications. The Kensington
notifications, after correction for duplicate returns (of which
there were 121) were 1,782; viz., in the Town sub-district
1,398, and in the Broinpton sub-district 384. The notifications
in 1893, 1894, and 1895, were 1,811. 972, and 1,289, respectively. Table IX.A (appendix) shows the streets, &c., where
cases of the scheduled diseases occurred. The cases
notified in London, as a whole, were 49,099; 8,188 more than
in 1895, but 17,780 fewer than in 1893. The notifications
of each of the scheduled diseases during the seven years
1890-0, after correction for duplicate certificates, are set
out in the subjoined table.
Total Notifications in London :
| Year. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | Relapsing Fever. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 60 | 15,830 | 5,870 | 2877 | 35 | 237 | 206 | 1598 | 550 | 25 | 7 | 29,795 |
| 1891 | 114 | 11.398 | 5,907 | 3372 | 27 | 152 | 221 | 1764 | 505 | 23 | 39 | 26,522 |
| 1892 | 423 | 27.096 | 7,791 | 2465 | 20 | 147 | 347 | 6934 | 565 | 54 | 7 | 45,849 |
| 1893 | 2813 | 36,901 | 13,026 | 3663 | 22 | 205 | 397 | 9700 | 668 | 86 | 4 | 67,485 |
| 1894 | 1192 | 18.440 | 10,655 | 3360 | 21 | 162 | 253 | 6080 | 535 | 21 | 2 | 40,925* |
| 1895 | 978 | 19,757 | 10,772 | 3506 | 14 | 105 | 236 | 5660 | 451 | 29 | 3 | 41,511 |
| 1896 | 225 | 25.638 | 13,361 | 3189 | 6 | 102 | 278 | 6438 | 446 | 13 | 3 | 49,699 |
* This total includes 204 cases of diarrhœa.
Note.—The form for table "B," on page 91 was
prepared by the Local Government Board in order that a
"tabular statement of infectious sickness should be made in
all districts on a uniform plan:" the table, which is based
on the infectious disease register, is required to be appended
to the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.