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REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER of HEALTH.
TO The VESTRY
OF THE
PARISH OF KENSINGTON.
Sanitary Department,
vestry hall, Kensington,
May, 1860.
Gentlemen,
I beg to lay before you an abstract of the mortality which
has taken place during the past year, with an account of the proceedings
taken for the removal and abatement of nuisances, and for the general
improvement of the sanitary condition of the Parish. As usual the
mortality accounts are made up to the last week of the year, 1859; but
the procedings taken under the Nuisance Removal Act extend from March,
1859, to March, 1860.
The total number of deaths registered during the year, from all causes,
has been 1338, viz.:—
In the Brompton Ward Males 222. Females 205. Total 427
In the Kensington Ward ” 416 ” 495 ” 911
From this we may subtract 118 deaths, which occurred in the Consumption
Hospital, of persons who were non-parishioners, availing themselves of the
I benefit of the charity, and 15 deaths of non-parishioners in the Cancer
Hospital: the deaths of three parishioners only having taken place at the