[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington] page 52

Kensington 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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The Results of Voluntary Notification.— With the
view of informing myself upon this point, I have recently
investigated the statistics of mortality for twenty-four
years, in respect of the "principal diseases of the zymotic
class;" comparing the total number of deaths in the first
half-period, (1859-70), before I entered upon the duties of
Medical Officer, with the number in the second half-period,
(1871-82), during which we have had the inestimable advantage
of hospital accommodation.
The results of the investigation are set out in the following
tables, showing the number of deaths of Kensington
people, (at home and in hospitals), in two periods of twelve
years, respectively, from the diseases in question.

Table: First period (1859-70) ; without notification and without hospitals:—

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First period (1859-70) ; without notification and without hospitals:—

Diseases.	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	Totals.
Small Pox	11	18	2	0	49	5	18	10	29	4	6	8	160
Measles	42	29	53	30	83	100	52	40	19	84	27	70	629
Scarlet Fever	53	86	57	110	89	90	31	28	35	170	106	198	1053
Diphtheria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9	14	23
WhoopingCough	11	56	37	54	22	56	37	28	68	34	71	55	529
Fever	17	25	32	51	54	60	77	33	46	52	42	46	535
Diarrhœa	72	35	66	24	54	63	104	112	78	113	108	154	983
Totals	206	249	247	269	351	374	319	251	275	457	369	545	3912

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Table: Second period (1871-82) ; with voluntary notification and with hospitals:—

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Second period (1871-82) ; with voluntary notification and with hospitals:—

Diseases.	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	Totals.
Small Pox	120	68	1	0	0	8	84	24	24	11	55	0	395
Measles	64	43	38	121	23	128	54	53	60	75	67	77	803
Scarlet Fever	95	29	10	32	83	59	31	77	51	105	36	62	670
Diphtheria	11	14	11	26	23	17	10	20	26	22	8	25	213
WhoopingCough	72	77	44	45	107	124	34	185	93	95	85	119	1080
Fever	48	42	41	52	29	36	27	33	23	33	31	32	427
Diarrhœa	129	110	145	112	107	126	99	181	71	128	101	61	1370
Totals	539	383	290	388	372	498	339	573	348	469	383	376	4958

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Summary of preceding tables with corrections for increase
of population:—

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Table: First period (1859-70) ; without notification and without hospitals:—

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Table: Second period (1871-82) ; with voluntary notification and with hospitals:—

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