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Kensington 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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SMALL, POX, 1876-81.
Showing Monthly Number of Cases reported; Under, and Over, 15 Years of Age; North and South of Uxbridge Road; and Number of Hospital; and Home-treated, Cases respectively.
| Date of the Monthly Report. | Number of Cases Reported. | Number of Cases under 15 Years of Age. | Number of Cases over 15 Years of Age. | Number of Cases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | South | Sent to Hospital. | Treated at Home. | |||||
| of Uxbridge Road. | ||||||||
| 1876. No. | 2 March 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 4 April 29 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 June 24 | 4 | — | 4 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 7 July 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| 8 August 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | |
| 9 September 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | |
| 10 October 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | |
| 11 November 15 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| 14 December 13 | 36 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 28 | 8 | |
| 1877 | 15 January 10 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 30 | 10 |
| 1 February 7 | 43 | 14 | 29 | 34 | 9 | 24 | 19 | |
| 2 March 7 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |
| 3 April 4 ... | 24 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 6 | |
| 4 May 2 5 „ 30 ... | 39 | 17 | 22 | 32 | 7 | 23 | 16 | |
| 43 | 21 | 22 | 38 | 5 | 29 | 14 | ||
| 6 June 27 | 50 | 20 | 30 | 28 | 22 | 40 | 10 | |
| 7 July 25 | 43 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 38 | 5 | |
| 8 August 22 | 39 | 10 | 29 | 17 | 22 | 32 | 7 | |
| 9 September 19 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | |
| 10 October 17 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 7 | |
| 11 November 14 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | |
| 12 December 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| 13 „ 31 | 5 | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1878. | 1 February 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| 3 March 5 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | — | |
| 4 April 3 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 1 | |
| 5 May 1 | 57 | 8 | 49 | 50 | 47 | 10 | ||
| 6 „ 29 | 55 | 23 | 32 | 21 | 34 | 35 | 20 | |
| 8 June 26 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 5 | |
| 9 July 24 | 6 | 2 | 4 | — | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| 10 August 21 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 13 November 13 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| 15 December 28 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1879 | 1 February 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | — | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 March 5 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | |
| 3 April 2 | 28 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 10 | |
| 4 „ 30 | 27 | 4 | 23 | — | 27 | 25 | 2 | |
| 5 May 28 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | |
| 6 June 25 | 28 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 24 | 4 | |
| 7 July 23 | 10 | 2 | 8 | — | 10 | 9 | 1 | |
| 8 August 20 | 8 | — | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | — | |
| 9 September 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | |
| 1880. | 1 February 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 March 3 | 17 | 2 | 15 | — | 17 | 13 | 4 | |
| 3 „ 30 | 5 | — | 5 | — | 5 | 5 | — | |
| 5 May 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 6 June 23 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | |
| 7 July 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | |
| 9 August 18 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 September 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
| 13 December 8 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 1881. | 1 February 2 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 14 | — |
| 2 March 2 | 36 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 32 | 33 | 3 | |
| 3 „ 30 | 36 | 8 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 32 | 4 | |
| 4 April 27 | 52 | 17 | 35 | 16 | 36 | 39 | 13 | |
| 5 May 25 | 48 | 9 | 39 | 17 | 31 | 35 | 13 | |
| 6 June 22 | 68 | 22 | 46 | 29 | 39 | 52 | 16 | |
| 7 July 20 | 37 | 5 | 32 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 10 | |
| 8 August 17 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 29 | 4 | |
| 9 September 14 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | |
| 10 October 12 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | — | |
| 11 November 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | — | |
| 12 December 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| 13 „ 31 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | |
| Totals | 1207 | 367 | 840 | 526 | 681 | 918 | 289 | |
The number of cases in the several years was as follows:—1876, 75; 1877, 399; 1878, 179; 1879, 139; 1880, 48: 1881, 367;
and the deaths 8, 84, 24, 24, 11 and 55: total 206=17 per cent. on total cases.