Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Table C.
Summary of the Population, &. &c., of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington.
Separate Families | Inhabitd Houses. | Empty Houses. | Houses Building | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Ward of Holy Trinity, Brompton | 4829 | 3218 | 374 | 151 | 8493 | 13633 | 22126 |
The Ward of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington | 7351 | 4770 | 329 | 257 | 13658 | 21927 | 35585 |
The Ward of St. John and St. James, Nott-ing Hill | 13786 | 7724 | 723 | 189 | 26849 | 35674 | 62523 |
Grand Total | 25966 | 15712 | 1426 | 597 | 49000 | 71234 | 120234 |
Table HH.
Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in all London and in Kensington in 52 weeks ending 30th December, 1871.
Llocality. | Annual Death Rate per 1000 from all causes. | Annual Death Rate per 1000, from 7 principal Zymotic Diseases. | Per centage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered | Per centage of Deaths to Total Deaths. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year of age. | At 60 years of age and upwards. | From 7 Zymotic Diseases. | From Violence. | Registered upon information of the Coroner (In-qnests). | Registered in large Public Institutions. | ||||
London | 24.7 | 6.0 | 17.1 | 23.9 | 19.3 | 24.2 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 18.2 |
Kensington | 18.92 | 4.5 | 15.3 | 25.6 | 23.2 | 23.3 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 10.7 |
Table I.
Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases including Small Pox cases in the Hospitals.
Town. | Brompton. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 104 | 16 | 120 |
Measles | 60 | 4 | 64 |
Scarlet Fever | 88 | 7 | 95 |
Diphtheria | 9 | 2 | 11 |
Whooping Cough | 65 | 7 | 72 |
Fever—Typhus | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Enteric or Typhoid | 20 | 8 | 28 |
Simple Continued. | 12 | 2 | 14 |
Diarrhoea | 106 | 23 | 129 |
Cholera | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Total | 471 | 71 | 542 |