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Kensington 1882

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

Published
1883
Pages
203
Tables
38

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38 tables in this report

  • Page 6
    The subjoined table shows the annual death-rate per 1,000 persons living in Kensington in each of the last eleven years, and, for sake of comparison, the rate in the Metropolis and its several districts, and the rate in all England:–
    Death Rate.1882.1881.1880.1879.1878.1877.1876.1875.1874.1873.1872
  • Page 7
    The subjoined table shows the relative areas of the two parishes, and other particulars relating to the census years 1871 and 1881.
    Area in Staute Acres.Inhabited houses.Increase in 10 years.Population.Increase in10 years.
    187118811871.1881
  • Page 8
    The subjoined table shows the acreage of the wards, their population, and the number of inhabited houses, etc., in 1871 and 1881.
    Name of WardArea in Statute Acres.Inhabited Louses.Increase in 10 years.PopulationIncrease 10 years.*
    1871188118711881
  • Page 9
    The subjoined figures are interesting as evidence of the development of the parish in population and wealth, since the beginning of the century.
    The Year.Population.Rateable Value of Property.The year.
  • Page 17
    The subjoined table* sets out necessary particulars of the mortality from the principal zymotic diseases in 1882, together with the decennial average, &c.:—
    Diseases.Sub-Districts.In Hospitals.Totals.Totals in 1881.Decennial Average.
    Town.Brompton.Town.Brompton(uncorrected)(corrected)
  • Page 18
    The following table shows the distribution of deaths from zymotic diseases registered in Kensington in 13 periods of four weeks, corresponding to my monthly reports:—
    PERIOD.DISEASES.
    Four weeks endedSmall Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
  • Page 54
    TABLE SHEWING admission of acute small.pox to Fulham Hospital, and incidence of small.pox upon houses in several divisions of the special area during five epidemic periods.
    Cases of acute smallpox admitted.In epidemic periods since opening of hospital.Incidence on every hundred houses within the special area and its divisions.
    On total special area.On small circle 0—¼ mile.On first ring ¼.½ mile.On second ring ½.¾ mile.On third ring ¾.1mile.
  • Page 80
    First period (1859.70); without notification and without hospitals :—
    Diseases.185918601861186218631864186518661867186818691870Totals.
  • Page 81
    Second period (1871.82); with voluntary notification and with hospitals :—
    Diseases.187118721873187418751876187718781879188018811882Totals.
  • Page 81
    Summary of preceding tables with corrections for increase of population:—
    Diseases.Deaths in 1st period 1859.70.Deaths in 2nd period 1871.82.Estimated No. of Deaths in 2nd l period. 1871.82. corrected for increase in population.Increase (corrected) in 2nd period, 1871.82.Decrease (corrected) in 2nd period, 1871.82.Nett decrea8o (corrected) representing estimated saving of lives in 2nd period, 1871.82.
  • Page 88
    The following table brought up to date will well bear repetition as illustrating the growth and wealth of our great parish since the passing of the Metropolis Local Management Act in 1855:—
    Estimated number of In1856.1882.Gross Increase in 25 years.
  • Page 88
    The increase in all respects, within the last eleven years, is not inconsiderable, as the subjoined figures will show:—
    1871.1882.Increase in 10 years.
  • Page 89
    The number of marriages, which in 1880 were 1,483, fell in 1881 to 1,461 1 : last year the number rose to 1,474. Of these there were celebrated—
  • Page 90
    The subjoined table shows the quarterly numbers of births, of males and females, in each of the sub.districts:—
    Kensington Town Sub.district.Brompton Sub.district.Gran d Total Whole Parish.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 93
    The subjoined table shows the quarterly numbers of deaths, of males and females, registered in each of the sub.districts, plus thirteen deaths that occurred at Infectious Disease Hospitals.
    KENSINGTON TOWN Sub.district.BROMPTON Sub.district.Grand Total Whole Parish.
    Males.Females.Total.MalesFemales.Total.
  • Page 93
    The subjoined table shows the death rate in each of 13 periods of four weeks, corresponding with my monthly reports; and the mean temperature of the air:— Mean Temperature of the Air.
    DATE OP REPORT.Death.rate per 1,000 living.Decennial Average.In 1882.Decennial Average.Above or below Average.
  • Page 94
    Continued from previous page...
    I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASESNo. of Deaths
  • Page 106
    Continued from previous page...
    CAUSES OF DEATHS.Under one year.Between one year and sixtySixty and upwardsTotal.
  • Page 113
    Comparative Small-pox Death Rates among Londoners, Vaccinated and Unvaccinated respectively, for the 52 weeks ended 29th May, 1881.
    Death rate of people of subjoined ages.Per million of each age of the vaccinated class.Per million of each age of the unvaccinated class.
  • Page 161
    The following table exhibits the proportional amounts of organic elements (organic carbon and organic nitrogen) in the waters of the Companies which supply Kensington, the Kent Company's water being used as the standard of purity for comparison:—-
    Name of Company.Maximum.Minimum.Average.
  • Page 162
    The transparency or otherwise of water is ascertained by its appearance in a tube two feet in length, and is expressed in arbitrary terms settled by common agreement, as in the following table, which shows the degree of efficiency of filtration of Thames water as supplied by the Companies in this parish, the examinations being made monthly
    Name of Company.When clear and transparent.Number of Occasions.When very turbid.
    When slightly tnrbid.Wnen turbid,
  • Page 162
    The annexed table shows the results of such microscopic examinations during the past thirteen years:—
    Name of Company.Number of occasions when living organisms were found.
    1869187018711872187318741875187li187718781879188018811882
  • Page 162
    The numbers in this table relate to 100,000 parts of the waters, but may be converted into grains per imperial gallon by multiplying them by 7 and then moving the decimal point one place to the left.
    Name ofComfany.Temoerature in Centigrade Degrees.Total Solid Impurity.Organic Carbon.Organic Nitrogen.Ammonia.Nitrogen as Nitrates and Nitrites.Total combined Nitrogen.Chlorine.Total Hardness.rroportional amount of organic Elements, that in the Kent Company's Water during the 9 years ending Dec., /1876, being taken as 1.
  • Page 169
    1. With respect to illuminating power. The maximum, min i- m um, and average illuminating power in standard sperm candles was as follows (statutory standard, sixteen candles): —
    Maximum.Minimum.Average.
  • Page 170
    Grains of sulphur per 100 cubic feet of gas. Permitted maximum—17 grains in 100 cubic feet, between April and October, and 22 grains between October and April.
    Maximum.Minimum.Average.
  • Page 175
    TABLE I. Shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths for the Year 1882, and 10 years preceding. GROSS NUMBERS.
    The Year.Estimated Population.No. of Inhabited Houses.fMarriages.Registered Births.Deaths.
    Total ail Agest ‡Under One Year.Under Five Years.In PublicInstitutions§
  • Page 176
    TABLE II. Shewing the Annual Birth Rate and Death Rate; Death Rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths, for the Year 1882, and 10 Years preceding.
    The Year.Birth Rate per 1000 of the Population.Death Rate per 1000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under lyear: per 1000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under5years: per 1000 of Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions: per 1000 of Total Deaths.
  • Page -
    TABLE III. Deaths Registered from all causes in the year 1882. (Exclusive of the Deaths of non-parishioners at the Brompton Consumption Hospital but inclusive of the deaths of Parishioners in the Infectious Disease Hospitals).
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.SUB-DISTRICTS
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensington Town.Brompton.
  • Page 178
    TABLE IV. Shewing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1882 from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes; also the number of deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 Births and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    Division I. (Adults).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population, at all ages.Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths, at all ages.
  • Page 179
    TABLE V. Shewing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 Years, 1872 to 1881, and in the Year 1882.
    Diseases.1872.1873.1874.1875.1876.1877.1878.1879.1880.1881.Annual average of 10 years, 1872-1881Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1872—18811882.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1882.
  • Page 180
    TABLE VI. Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the Year 1882-3.
    Sanitary Districts *No. of Complaints received during the year.No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspeoted.No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &co.Results of Inspection.House Drains.Water-Closets.Dust Bins.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
    Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious Character.Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c.Ventilated.Repaired, &c.Supplied with Water.New provided.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns (new) erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered.Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Section of the "Sanitary Act, 1866."†Dust Removal—No. of Communications received and attended to §Removal of Accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.Animals Removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal Proceedings : i.e., Summonses.‡
    Bakehouses.Licensed Cowsheds.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
  • Page 181
    TABLE VIa. Summary of Monthly Returns of Work, done by the Sanitary Inspectors.
    Date of Report.Houses Inspected.Mews Inspected.Slaughter Houses Inspected.Cowsheds Inspected.Bakehouses Inspected.Offensive Trades. Inspected.Sanitary Notices Issued.Removal of Dust, Ashes, &c., Letters of Request received and attended to.Date of Report.
    District.District.District.District.District.District.District.District.
    N. W.e.c.s.N.W.N.E.c.s.N. w.N. E.c.s.N.W.N. E.c.s.N. W.N. e.c.s.N. w.N. E.c.s.N W.N. E.c.s.N. w.N. e.c .s.
  • Page 182
    TABLE VII. Showing the Death-rate per 1,000 persons living: the annual rate per 1,000 from the "seven" principal Diseases of the Zymotic class; and the proportion of deaths from these Diseases to total Deaths, in Kensington and all London, in 1882, and in ten years preceding
    The Year.Deaths per 1,000 living.Total Deaths from seven Zymotic diseases, Kensington.Annual rate of Mortality per 1000 living from seven Zymotic Diseases.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from seven Zymotic diseases.The Year.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 183
    TABLE VIII. Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in all London and in Kensington, in 1882.
    LOCALITY.Annual Death Rate per 1000 living from all causes.Annual Death Rate per 1000 living from 7 principal Zymotic diseases.Percentage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered.PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS TO TOTAL DEATHS.
    Under 1 year of age.At 60 years of age and upwards.From 7 principal Zymotic diseases.From Violence.Registered upon information of the Coroner. (Inquests.)Registered at large Public Institutions.
  • Page 184
    TABLE IX. Showing the Localities in which Fatal Cases of some of the Principal Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1882.
    Locality.DISEASES.Total.Locality.DISEASES.Total.Locality.DISEASES.Total.
    Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.
    Typhus.Enteric.Sim.Con.Typhus.EntericSim. Con.Typhus.Enteric.Sim.Con.
  • Page 185
    TABLE X. PARISH OF ST. MARY ABBOTTS, KENSINGTON. Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered in the year 1882.
    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 Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account (as shown by Report Book) of
    Column 10 Successfully vaccinated.Column 11.Column 13. Dead. Un-vaccinated.Postponement by Medical Certificate.Removal to District, 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.
    Insusceptible of Successful Vaccination.Had . Small-pox.
  • Page 186
    TABLE XI. LICENSED SLAUGHTER-HOUSES. SOUTH OF UXBRIDGE ROAD.
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.
  • Page 187
    TABLE XII. LICENSED COWSHEDS. SOUTH OF UXBRIDGE ROAD.
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.