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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Kensington 1857

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: Number of Days on which Thunder and Lightning prevailed, and on which the Wind was brisk, for Twenty Years, ending 1856,

Number of Days on which Thunder and Lightning prevailed, and on which the Wind was brisk, for Twenty Years, ending 1856,

Jan.Feb.MarchApril.May.June.July.Aug.Septr.octr.Novr.Dec
Thunder and Lightning100322294545372610105
Brisk "Winds5156865044282829415353;58
Aurora Borealis„„„„„„„„212„

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Table: Prevailing Winds—Number of Days in each Month for Twenty Years, ending 1856.

Prevailing Winds—Number of Days in each Month for Twenty Years, ending 1856.

MONTH.North.South.East.West.N. East.N. "West.S. East.S. "West.Calms.Comparative Mortality of the Gentry and Paupers with the Population generally.
Near Age at Death.
Geny.W. CI.In 1000
January39377010510462351619Islington424919
February28408068657232178Kensington454419
March414285889558271822St. Geo. Hnr. Sq.455118
April4938947210970191454St. James' Westr.425822
May5029133648630221844Mary-le bone464224
June38334287506126253i!Chelsea454526
July2842381244959212535Bethnal Green464926
August2639641086055202462Newington445126
September234968101574033215Greenwich486227
October364450896774272276Rotherhithe495628
November2340679975583019215"Whitechapel476129
December46405611067552720712St.Geo.Southwk.435330
Registrar General's Division. This Table Relates to the Kensington District.From a Paper by Mr. Chadwick, in the Statistical Society's Journal.

Table: Mean Age at Death in Sixteen of the most condensed Alleys, Stn in Kensington, and the like Number at Brompton 1856

Mean Age at Death in Sixteen of the most condensed Alleys, Stn in Kensington, and the like Number at Brompton 1856

Mean Age at Death.Mean Age at Death.
KENSINGTON, a little under 16.BROMPTON, a little above 22.

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*** This Table shews the same fact—overcrowding influencing the general mortality.