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Kensington 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

Published
1874
Pages
56
Tables
19

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19 tables in this report

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    DEATH RATE, 1873.
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    The deaths occurred in the Sub-districts as follows:—
    Kensington Town.Brompton.Total.
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    The subjoined table supplies all further necessary details with regard to the births:— Births in 1873.
    Kensington Town Sub-District.Brompton Sub-District.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Grand Total.
  • Page 12
    Subjoined is a statement of the deaths registered in the parish, in districts, and quarters, &c.:—
    Kensington Town Sub-District.Brompton Sub-District.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Grand Total
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    The ages at death were as follows:—
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    Continued from previous page...
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    TABLE I. Estimated population 1873, at the middle of the year, and in 10 previous years; number of inhabited houses ; Births, Deaths, and Marriages (gross numbers).
    Year.Estimated Population.1Number of Houses.Registered Births.Deaths.Marriages.
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    TABLE II. Showing Birth, and Death-rate: Deaths of Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions 1873, and 10 previous years.
    The Year.Births per 1000 of the Population.Death rate per 1000 living.Deaths of Children under 1 year per cent. to Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 1 year per cent. to Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 5 years per cent. to Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions.*
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    TABLE III. Deaths Registered from all causes during the year 1873. (The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-residents being excluded.) TABLE III A. Deaths Registered in each Sab-district, from all causes, and in each of the four Quarters, 1873. (Deaths of non-residents in Hospitals excluded.)
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total deaths under Five.Grand Total.Kensington Town.Brompton.Total 1st Quarter.Kensington Town.Brompton.Total2nd Quarter.Kensington Town.Brompton.Total3rd Quarter.Kensington Town.Brompton.Total 4th Quarter.
    Under 1.1 to 2.2 to 5.6 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 86.85 to 95.95 and upwards
  • Page 41
    TABLE IV. Showing Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1000 Deaths, 1873, viz.—
    Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths.
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    TABLE V. Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years 1863—1872, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1873, &c.
    Disease.1863.1864.1865.1866.1867.1868.1869.1870.1871.1872.Annual Average 10 years, 1863—1872.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1863—1872.1873.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1873.
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    TABLE VI. Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work completed in the year ended March 25th, 1874.
    Sub-Districts.No. of Complaints received during the year.No. of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected.Results of Inspection.House Drains.Privies and W. C.'s.Dust Bins.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
    Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired and Whitewashed.Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases.Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Trapped or Ventilated.Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Supplied with Water.Now provided.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns (new) erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired and CoveredNo. of Lodging; Houses registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary Acts, 1866.No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to.Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.Removal of Animals improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Other Proceedings, e. g. Legal Proceedings.
    Bakehouses.Licensed Cowhouses.Licensed Slaughterhouses.
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    TABLE VII. Showing the estimated Population of Kensington, in each of the 10 years, 1863-72, and in 1873 ; the number of Births and Deaths ; the annual rate of Mortality (and in London), together with the number of Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, &c.
    The Year.Estimated Population at the middle of the year.Births.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 living.Deaths from Zymotic diseases Kensington.Per centage of Deaths from Zymotic diseases to Total Deaths.The Year.
    Kensington.London.
  • Page 45
    TABLE VIII. Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in all London and in Kensington in 53 weeks, ended 3rd January, 1874.
    LOCALITY.Annual Death Rate per 1000 from all causes.Annual Death Rate per 1000. from 7 principal Zymotic Diseases.Percentage 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 (Inquests.)Registered in large Public Institutions.
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    TABLE IX. PARISH OF SAINT MARY ABBOTTS, KENSINGTON. Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered during the year 1873.
    DATE.Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District.Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets.Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 10, 11, and 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets) viz. :•Number of these Birtbs which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account (as shown by Report Book) of
    Column 11.Postponement by Medical Certificate.Removal to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprized.Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found.Cases still under proceedings by summons and otherwise.
    Column 10. Successfully vaccinated.Insusceptible of Successful VaccinationHad Small-pox.Column 13. Dead. Un-vaccinated.
    1234568910
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    TABLE X. Showing the Principal Localities in which Fatal Cases of Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1873.
    Name of Street or Place.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.FEVER.Diarrhoea.Total.Name of Street or Place.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.FEVER.Diarrhoea.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric.Simple | Contind. jTyphus.Enteric.Simple contind.
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    TABLE XI. LICENSED SLAUGHTER HOUSES. SOUTH SANITARY DISTRICT, (21.)
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.
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    TABLE XI— Continued. LICENSED SLAUGHTER HOUSES. NORTH SANITARY DISTRICT.
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.
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    TABLE XII. LICENSED COW SHEDS. SOUTH SANITARY DISTRICT, (16.)
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.