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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 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 26.9 | 16.6 | 14.6 | 23.6 | 39.1 | 16.0 |
| 1880 | 28.5 | 17.8 | 15.6 | 24.9 | 42.2 | 12.8 |
| 1879 | 30.2 | 18.8 | 15.0 | 24.1 | 40.7 | 13.3 |
| 1878 | 29.8 | 20.2 | 17.8 | 26.3 | 45.8 | 13.2 |
| 1877 | 30.7 | 17.3 | 13.2 | 24.6 | 39.6 | 13.5 |
| 1876 | 30.3 | 19.5 | 17.1 | 26.6 | 45.0 | 11.7 |
| 1875 | 30.9 | 19.2 | 15.3 | 24.6 | 40.1 | 12.1 |
| 1874 | 31.4 | 19.4 | 17.4 | 28.2 | 44.0 | 13.1 |
| 1873 | 31.4 | 18.3 | 15.6 | 27.0 | 40.2 | 11.6 |
| 1872 | 31.6 | 17.6 | 15.4 | 27.7 | 42.5 | 13.0 |
| Average of 10 Years, 1872— 1881. | 30.1 | 18.4 | 15.7 | 25.7 | 41.9 | 13.0 |
N.B.—The calculations in this Table are made on the gross number of Deaths registered without deduction of Deaths of Non-Parishioners
at the Brompton Hospital. * Exclusive of the Deaths in the Marylebone Infirmary, which would raise the proportion to 25-7 per 1000.