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Kensington 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

Published
1861
Pages
20
Tables
12

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12 tables in this report

  • Page 31
    I am glad to be able, through the kindness of Mr. Cornell, the Superintendent Register, to give you the results of the Census taken in April last : theso Returns are not yet issued from the Registrar-General's Office ; but I am certain they may be relied on for their accuracy.
    Inhabited Houses.Uninhabited Houses.Building.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 31
    Our total population is therefore 70,097, viz.:—
    Brompton.Kensington.Total.
  • Page 31
    The total number of deaths registered during the year, is—
    Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 32
    The mortality from zymotic diseases is shown by the following Table, and the deaths are compared with those of former years :—
    Small-pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Fever.Total.
  • Page 33
    From diseases of the lungs there died—
    Phthisis.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Diseased Lungs, &c.
  • Page 33
    The births registered, amount to 2,016.
    Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 34
    I append a comparison of the average results obtained in the analysis of the waters supplied by the three companies, prior to their source of supply being removed from tidal influence, and during the last year.
    Grains of Organic Matter per Gallon.
    1851.1856.1861
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    DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF KENSINGTON DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF I860.'
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.8O and Upwards.Total.CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and Upwards.Total.
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    DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF KENSINGTON DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1860.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and Up. wards.Total.CAUSES Of DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and Upwards.Total.
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    DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF KENSINGTON DURING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1860.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and Up-wards.Total.CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 and under 40.40 and under 6060 and under 80.80 and Upwards.Total.
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    DEATHS REGISTERED IX THE PARISH OF KENSINGTON DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1860.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and Upwards.Total.causes of death.Under 20 Years.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and Up-wards.Total.
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    (???) TWENTY YEARS OF AGE.
    20 to 40.40 to 60.60 to 80.80 and above.Total.20 to 40.40 to 60.60TO8050 and above.Total.