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Prefatory Remarks on Parochial, Metropolitan, and National Death-
rates in 1880 5
Registration District, " Kensington."—What it includes. 7
„ Sub-Districts " Kensington Town," and " Brompton " 7
„ „ Differences in the, in respect of Relative
Proportions of Rich and Poor, &c. 7
Wards, Parochial Division into 8
Kensington, Population and Rateable Value of, 1801-81 9
„ Vital Statistics, &c.; Summary of, for 1880 9
Zymotic Diseases, General Remarks on the " Seven Principal" 12
„ „ Number of Deaths from the „ „ 13
„ „ Death-rate from : Kensington, London, England and
Wales . 14
Scarlet Fever 15
„ Cases Illustrating Modes of Spread of 15
„ Cases of, Removed to Hospital under Justice's
Order 19
„ Provident Dispensaries, and their Influencs on the
Spread of 20
Diphtheria . 21
Measles 21
Whooping-Cough 21
Fever: Typhus, Enteric, and Simple-Continued 22
Diarrhcea 23
Small-Pox, Continuation of History of Present Epidemic of (1876-81) 24
Fclham Small-Pox Hospital, The Year's Work at (1880) 26
„ „ Principal Contributory Parishes sending
Cases to, in first half of 1881 (foot
note) 26
„ „ Ambulances and Ambulance Service 28
„ „ The Indictment against 30
„ ,, Local Government Board Enquiry respecting
30
„ „ Legal Proceedings to Close 31
Small-Pox Hospitals, Action of Nuisance Authority in Fulham,
St. Pancras, and Islington, and of Kensington Guardians, with
respect to provision of District Accommodation 32
Small-Pox Hospitals : Are Local Hospitals desirable ? 35
„ „ Proceedings of Nuisance Authority in Paddington,
and Willesden 35