Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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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. | |||||
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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. | ||||
London | 21.4 | 3.5 | 15.1 | 24.2 | 20.7 | 16.3 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 18.9 |
Kensington | 16.2 | 2.2 | 14.6 | 23.6 | 22.4 | 13.9 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 14.91 |
* Irrespective of 396 deaths of non-parishioners at the Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill: inclusive of these
deaths the percentage would be 25.7.