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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Death Rate | 1883. | 1882. | 1881. | 1880. | 1879. | 1878. | 1877. | 1876. | 1875. | 1874. | 1873. |
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Area in Statute Acres. | Inhabited houses. | Increase in 10 years. | Population. | Increase in 10 years. | |||
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1871. | 1881. | 1871. | 1881. |
Name of Ward. | Area in StatuteAcres. | Inhabited houses | Increase in 10 years. | Population. | Increase 10 years. | ||
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1871. | 1881 | 1871. | 1881. |
The Year. | Population. | Rateable value of Property. | The Year. |
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Disease. | Sub-Town. | districts. Brompton. | In Hospitals. | Total. | Totals in 1882. | Decennial Averaere. | ||
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Town. | Brompton. | Uncorrected. | Corrected for Increase of Population. |
PERIOD. | DISEASES. | Total. | Uncorrected Averages ten years, 1873-82. | ||||||||
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Four weeks ended | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Simple Continued Fever. | Diarrhoea. |
Diseases. | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | Totals. |
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Diseases. | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | Totals. |
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Diseases. | Actual number of | Estimated No. of Deaths in 2nd period, 1871-82, corrected for increase of population. | Increase (corrected) in 2nd period, 1871-82 | Decrease (corrected in 2nd period. 1871-82. | Nett decrease (corrected) representing estimated saving of lives in 2nd period, 1871-82 | |
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Deaths in 1st period 1859-70. | Deaths in 2nd period 1871-82. |
All ages. | Under Five Years. | 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 to 95. | 95 and upwards. | All ages. |
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All ages. | Under Five Years. | 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 to 95. | 95 and upwards. | All ages. |
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All ages. | Under Five Y ears. | j 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 to 95. | 95 and upwads. | All ages. |
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1856 | 1883 | Gross Increase in 27 years. |
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1871 | 1883 | Increase in 12 years. |
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Males. | Kensington Town Sub-district. | Brompton Sub-district. | Grand Total Whole Parish. | |||
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Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
Males. | Kensington Town Sub-district. | Brompton Sub-district. | Grand Total Whole Parish. | ||||
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Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
DATE OF REPORT. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. | Decennial Average. | Mean Temperature of the Air. | ||
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In 1883. | Decennial Average | Above or below Average. |
CAUSES OF DEATHS. | Under one year. | Between one year and sixty. | Sixty and upwards | Total. |
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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. |
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Name of Company. | Maximum. | Minimum. | Average. |
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Number of Occasions. | ||||
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Name of Company | When clear and transparent. | When slightly turbid. | When turbid. | When very turbid. |
Name of Company | Number of occasions when living organisms were found. | |||||||||||||
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1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 |
Name of Company. | Temperature in Centigrade Degrees. | Total Solid Matters. | Organic Carbon. | Organic Nitrogen. | Ammonia. | Nitrogen as Nitrates and Nitrites. | Total combined Nitrogen. | Chlorine. | Total Hardness. | Proportional amount of organic Elements, that in the Kent Company's Water during the 9 years ending Dec., 1876, being taken as 1.. |
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Maximum. | Minimum. | Average. |
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Maximum. | Minimum. | Average. |
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The Year. | Estimated Population* | No. of Inhabited Houses. + | Marriages. | Registered Births. | DEATH | |||
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Total all Ages. | Under One Year. | Under Five Years. | In Pnb. lie Institutions. |
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 1 year: per 1000 of Total Deaths. | Deaths of Children under 5 years : per 1000 of Total Deaths. | Deaths in Public Institutions : per 1000 of Total Deaths. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES. | Years of Age. | Grand Total All Ages | sub-Districts. | ||||||||||||
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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 upward | Kensington Town. | Brompton. |
Division I. (Adults). | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of Population at all ages. | Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths, at all ages. |
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Diseases. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. | 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | 1881. | 1882. | Annual average of 10 years, 1873.1882. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1873.1882. | 1883. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1883. |
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Sanitary Districts.1 | No. of Complaints received dnring the year. | No. of Houses, Premises, &c. inspected. | No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c. | Results of Inspection. | House Drains. | Water-Closets. | Dust Bins. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||||
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Orders issued for Sanitaiy Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, & c | Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious Character. | Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, See. | Ventilated. | Repaired, See. | Supplied with Water. | New provided. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns (new) erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered. | Waste-pipes connected wilh Drains,& c . abolished. | No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Section of the " Sanitary Act, 1866." if | Dust Removal—No. of Communications received and attended to. | Removal of Accumulatious 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. |
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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District. | District. | District. | District. | District. | District. | District. | District. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | N.W. | N.E. | C. | S. |
The Year. | Deaths per 1000 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. | |||
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Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
LOCALITY. | Annual Death Rate per 1000 living from all causes. | Annual Death Rate per 1000 living from seven 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 seven principal Zymotic diseases. | From Violence. | Registered upon information of the Coroner. (Inquests.) | Registered at Public Institutions. |
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LOCALITY. | DISEASE | LOCALITY. | DISEASES. | LOCALITY. | DISEASES. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | FEVER. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | FEVER. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | FEVER. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | |||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric. | Sim.Con | Typhus. | Enteric. | Sim Con | Typhus. | Enteiic. | Sim.Con. |
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 shewn by Report Book) of | ||||||
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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 apprised. | 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 |
LOCALITY. | LICENSEE. |
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LOCALITY. | LICENSEE. |
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