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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF
HEALTH.
Vestry Hall, Kensington,
Sanitary Department, June, 1869.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit to you a short account of the mortality which has
occurred in your Parish during the year 1868, with an account of the
Sanitary work carried out. It is difficult to ascertain the exact amount of
your population, as houses are being erected with so much rapidity, the
estimated number being 100,000.
The last year comprises 53 weeks, from the week ending January 4th,
1868, to week ending January 2nd, 1869. During this period 3522 births
took place, viz.: 2907 in the Town "Ward, and 615 in the Brompton. The
total mortality was 2232, which allows a gain to your Parish of 1290; the
deaths being'1691 in Kensington, and 541 in Brompton.
Pauperism has been excessive, on account of the great depression in
trade, and the high price of provisions.
The number of deaths exceeds that of 1867, by 974; and of births, by
364. The extra mortality has principally occurred with the poor.
In your Workhouse, 165 deaths were registered; and in the Hospital
for Consumption, 138.