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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Kensington 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: Deaths from the Seven principal Diseases of the Zymotic class in the Brompton Registration Sub-district in the Twelve Years—1865-76.

Deaths from the Seven principal Diseases of the Zymotic class in the Brompton Registration Sub-district in the Twelve Years—1865-76.

The YearSmall poxMeasles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Typhoid Fever.Simple continued Fever.DiarrhœaTotal Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 living.
186511311—1—18†—24683.0
1866165—11—2—14391.6
18671126—13—9—15562.2
18681833°75—8—18803.1
1869422217—15—20712.6
187011145510293231093.9
18719472728223642.2
1872115728—8—26672.2
1873—10237—8—24541.6
1874—6429—9422561.6
1875—1125820—9212872.4
1876—1617410—2—16651.7

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° First year of separate registration (1868)
f Registered generally as " Fever " until the year 1870.