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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 1884
[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 1884.
| LOCALITY. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 living from all causes. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 living from seven principal Zymotic diseases. | Per-centage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered. | per-centage of deaths to total deaths. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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's (Inquests.) | Registered at Public Institutions.* | ||||
| London | 20.3 | 2.7 | 15.5 | 25.7 | 20.5 | 16.4 | 3.5 | 6.9 | 20.5 |
| Kensington | 15.1 | 1.8 | 15.6 | 26.1 | 23.0 | 11.9 | 2.0 | 6.1 | 17.1 |
| * Viz.—Parish Infirmary, Brompton Consumption Hospital, so far as relates to Deaths of Parishioners therein, and at outlying Public Institutions,i.e., Hospitals, etc. | |||||||||