London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Showing Birth and Death Rates; Deaths of Children; and Deaths in Public Institutions in 1881, and 10 previous years.
| The Year. | Births per 1000 of the population. | Death Rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year. | Deaths of Children under 1 year; per cent. on Registered Births. | Deaths of Children under 5 years. | Deaths at Public Institutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Number. | Per cent. on Total Deaths. | Total Number. | Per cent. on Total Deaths. | |||||
| 1880 | 28.5 | 17.8 | 719 | 24.9 | 15.6 | 1,219 | 42.2 | 369 |
| 1879 | 30.2 | 18.8 | 722 | 24.1 | 15.0 | 1,218 | 40.7 | 424 |
| 1878 | 29.8 | 20.2 | 823 | 26.3 | 17.8 | 1,429 | 45.8 | 410 |
| 1877 | 30.7 | 17.3 | 648 | 24.6 | 13.9 | 1,040 | 39.6 | 420 |
| 1876 | 30.3 | 19.5 | 771 | 26.6 | 17.1 | 1,305 | 45.0 | 338 |
| 1875 | 30.9 | 19.2 | 686 | 24.6 | 15.3 | 1,119 | 40.1 | 338 |
| 1874 | 31.4 | 19.4 | 762 | 28.2 | 17.4 | 1,188 | 44.0 | 352 |
| 1873 | 31.4 | 18.3 | 656 | 27.0 | 15.6 | 979 | 40.2 | 272 |
| 1872 | 31.6 | 17.6 | 626 | 27.7 | 15.4 | 959 | 42.5 | 295 |
| 1871 | 31.4 | 19.9 | 582 | 24.0 | 15.3 | 965 | 39.9 | 309 |
| Average of 10 Years, 1871-80. | 30.6 | 18.8 | 699 | 25.8 | 15.8 | 1,142 | 42.0 | 352 |
* Viz.: At the Parish Infirmary and Workhouse (273), the Hospital for Chest Diseases at Brompton (110), and the Infectious Diseases Hospitals (54).
The deaths of non-parishioners at the Marylebone Infirmary, 129 in number, are not included in the above total.
Note.—The calculations in the above Table are made on the gross number of deaths registered, without deduction of those of non-parishioners
in the Brompton Hospital.