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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
TO THE VESTRY
of the
PARISH OF KENSINGTON.
Sanitary Department,
Vestry Hall,[Kensington.
Gentlemen,
I teg to lay before you a brief abstract of the mortality
which has taken place in the Parish during the year 1861, arranged as
usual according to age and cause of death, and an account of the proceedings
taken before the Sanitary Commitee for the removal and abatement
of all nuisances which hare occurred between March 1861 and March
1862. The mortality tables being made up from December 1860 to December
1861, to accord with the Annual Reports issued by the Registrar
General of births, deaths and marriages The returns of the population
in your parish from the census of 1861, as afforded by Mr. Cornell to me
before being published by the Registrar General, were very nearly correct;
the exact number being Brompton, 18,198, Kensington, 51,910—Total
for the while parish, 70,101.
The number of deaths from all causes during the twelve months, has
been: males. females. total.
Brompton 218 266 484
Kensington 436 527 963
Total 654 793 1447
This shews an actual decrease of mortality as compared with the year
1860, when the deaths amounted to 1480.