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Kensington 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

Published
1886
Pages
181
Tables
42

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42 tables in this report

  • Page 10
    The subjoined table shows the annual death rate per 1,000 persons living, in each of the last eleven years, in Kensington, in London as a whole, and in all England:—
    Death Rate.1885.1884.1883.1882.1881.18801879.1878.1877.1876.1875.
  • Page 12
    Kensington is for some local purposes divided into " Wards the subjoined table shows the acreage of the wards, their population, and the number of inhabited houses, etc., in 1871 and 1881.
    Name of WardArea in Statute Acres.Inhabited houses.Increase in 10 years.PopulationIncrease in 10 years.
    1871.1881.1871.1881.
  • Page 13
    The subjoined figures will be found interesting as marking the development of the parish in population and wealth, since the beginning of the century.
    The Year,Population.Rateable value of Property.The Year.
  • Page 20
    The subjoined Table sets out necessary particulars of the mortality from the principal zymotic diseases in 1885, together with the decennial average, etc.:—
    Disease.Sub Districts.In Hospitals.Total.Decennial Average.
    Town.Brompton.Town.Brompton.Uncorrected.Corrected for Increase of fPopulation.
  • Page 21
    The following Table shows the distribution of deaths, from the several diseases registered in thirteen four weekly periods, corresponding to my monthly reports:—
    Four weeks endedSmall-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
  • Page 35
    I subjoin a statement of the number of cases invaded in each of the four weekly periods in 1885, covered by my monthly reports, together with statistics shewing the progress of the epidemic in the Metropolis as a whole.
    Cases invaded in four weeks endedKENSINGTON.Cases in Hospitals at date of report.LONDON.
    Cases admitted in four weeks to date.Deaths in Jour weeks to date.
    North.South.Total.
  • Page 54
    Table shewing Quarterly and Total Admissions of Small-Pox and Fever Patients at the Asylum Board's Hospitals in 1885, and Population of the several Parishes, Unions, and Districts in 1881.
    Parishes, Unions, etc.Small-pox.TotalScarlet Fever.TotalEnteric Fever.otaGrand Total. Small-pox and Fever.Population.
    1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Gtr.4th Qtr.1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr4th Qtr.1st Qtr,2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.
  • Page 55
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  • Page 56
    Table shewing Quarterly and Total Admissions of Small-Pox and Fever Patients at the Asylum Board's Hospitals in 1885, and Population of the several Parishes, Unions, and Districts in 1881.
    Parishes, Unions, etc.Small-pox,TotalScarlet Fever.TolalEnteric Fever.rotaGrand Total. Small-pox and Fever.Population.
    1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.1st Qir.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr4th Qtr.1st Qtr,2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.
  • Page 57
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  • Page 64
    First period of twelve years (1859-70) ; without notification and without hospitals :— Number of Deaths Annually.
    Diseases.1859I8601861186218631864186518661867186818691870Totals.
  • Page 64
    Second period of twelve years (1871-82) ; with voluntary notification and with hospitals:— Number, of Deaths Annually.
    Diseases.187118721873187418751876187718781879188018811882Totals.
  • Page 64
    Summary of preceding Tables, with corrections for increase of population:—
    Diseases.A ctual number of Deaths in 1st period (1859-70).Actual number of Deaths in 2nd period 1871-82.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.
  • Page 69
    The subjoined Tables show the relative numbers of persons of each sex, at the Census of 1881, grouped according to age, (a) in the entire parish, (b) in the Kensington Town sub-district, and (c) in the Brompton sub-district. (a) ENTIRE PARISH.
    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.
  • Page 70
    the number of houses. The following Table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the Parish since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation in 1856 :—
    1856.1885.Gross Increase in 29 years.
  • Page 70
    The increase in all respects within the last fourteen years, the period over which my official experience extends, is not inconsiderable, as the subjoined figures will show.
    1871.1885.Increase in 14 years.
  • Page 72
    The subjoined Table shows the quarterly numbers of births in each of the sub-districts:—
    Kensington Town Sub-district.Brompton Sub district.Grand Total. Whole Parish.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 74
    The Death Rate per 1,000 persons living, at different periods of life, was as follows :—
    1885.1884.
  • Page 74
    The subjoined Table shews the quarterly numbers of deaths of parishioners, males and females, in each of the sub-districts, including those that occurred at outlying public institutions :—
    Kensington Town Sub-district,Bronipton Sub-district.Grand Total Whole Parish.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 75
    The subjoined Table is a summary of Table 3 (Appendix) shewing the numbers of deaths of parishioners in 1885, in each Class and Order, according to the Registrar-General's rearranged classification:—
  • Page 86
    Summary of Causes of Death.
    Under one year.Between one year and sixty.Sixty and upwards.Total.
  • Page 94
    Comparative Small-pox Death Rates among Londoners, Vaccinated and Unvaccinated respectively, for the 52 weeks ended 29 th May, 1881.
    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.
  • Page 142
    The following table exhibits the proportional amounts of organic elements (organic carbon and organic nitrogen) in the waters of the Companies which supply Kensington; the Kent Company's water being used as the standard of purity for comparison:—
    Name of Company.Maximum.Minimum.Average.
  • Page 143
    The transparency or otherwise of water is ascertained by its appearance in a tube two feet in length, and is expressed in arbitrary terms, as in the following table, which shows the degree of efficiency of filtration of Thames water as supplied by the Companies in this parish, and indicates a great improvement over former years, the examinations being made monthly:—
    Name of Company.When clear and transparent.Number of Occasions.When very turbid.
    When slightly turbid.When turbid.
  • Page 144
    The numbers in this Table relate to 100,000 parts of the waters, but may be converted into grains per imperial gallon by multiplying them by 7 and then moving the decimal point one place to the left.
    Name op 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°.
  • Page 152
    The maximum, minimum, and average illuminating power, in standard sperm candles, the statutory standard being sixteen candles, was as follows:—
    Maximum.Minimum.Average.
  • Page 153
    Grains of sulphur per 100 cubic feet of gas; the Parliamentary limit being 17 grains in 100 cubic feet during the months from April to October, and 22 grains from October to April.
    Maximum.Minimum.Average
  • Page 156
    The subjoined Table , shewing the death-rate in each o f thirteen periods of four weeks, corresponding with the monthly Reports of the Medical Officer of Health, and the mean tempera ture of the air, etc., was accidentally omitted from Report, i n which it should have been found at page 75.
    DATE OF REPORT.Death-rate per 1,000 persons living.Mean Temperature of the Air.
    1885.Ten Years, 1875-841885.Decennial Average.Above or below Average.
  • Page 159
    TABLE I. Shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths for the Year 1885, and 10 previous years.
    The Year.Estimated Population1No. of Inhabited Houses fMarriages.Registered Births.Deaths.
    Total all Ages‡Under One Year.Under Five Years.In Public Institutions §
  • Page 160
    TABLE II. 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 1885 and 10 previous years.
    The Year.Birth Rate per 1,000 of the Population.Death Rate per 1,000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under 1 year ; per 1,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years ; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions ; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.
  • Page 161
    TABLE III. Deaths Registered from all causes in the year 1885. (Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Parish, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions outside the Parish.)
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Total all Ages.Sub-Districts.
    0 to 1.l 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 andkensington Town.Brompton.
  • Page 163
    TABLE IV. Shewing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1885 from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    Division I. (Adults).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population at all ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths, at all ages.
  • Page 164
    TABLE V. Shewing the Number of Deaths from the Principal Zymotic Diseases in the 10 years 1875-84, and in the year 1885.
    Diseases.1875.1876.1877.1878.1879.1880.1881.1882.1883.1884.Annual Average of ten years 1875-84.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years 1875-84.1885.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1885.
  • Page 165
    TABLE VI. Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year 1885-6.
    Sanitary Districts.1No. of Complaints received during 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.
    Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.I Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious Character.Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c.Ventilated.Repaired, &c.Supplied with Water.New provided.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns (new) erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered.Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Section of the "Sanitary Act, 1866.Dust Removal—No. of Communications received and attended to. †Removal of Accumulations 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.
  • Page 166
    TABLE V1a. Summary of Monthly Returns of Work, &c., clone by the Sanitary Inspectors, 1885-6.
    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.
    District.District.District.District.District.District.District.District.
  • Page 167
    TABLE VII. Shewing the Death Rate per 1,000 persons living: the Annual Rate per 1,000 from the principal Diseases of the Zymotic class; and the proportion of Deaths from these Diseases to total Deaths in Kensington and all London, in 1885, and in ten previous years.
    The Year.Deaths per 1,000 living.Total Deaths from seven Zymotic diseases, Kensington.Annual rate of Mortality per 1,000 living from principal Zymotic Diseases.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths from principal Zymotic Diseases.The Year.
    Kensington.London.London.Kensington-London.Kensington.
  • Page 168
    TABLE VIII. Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in all London and in Kensington in 1885.
    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 Coroners. (Inquests.)Registered at Public Institutions.*
  • Page 169 170
    TABLE IX. Showing the Localities in which Fatal Cases of some of the Principal Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1885.
    Locality.DISEASES.Locality.DISEASESLocality.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.Contt.Typhus.Enteric.Sim. Cont.Typhus.Enteric.Sim.Cont.
  • Page 171
    TABLE X. Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered in 1885.
    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 Bii-ths which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account (as shewn by Report Book) of
    Column 10 Successfully vaccinated.Column 11.Column 13 Dead. Un-vacci-nated.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 vaccinationHad Small-pox.
    1885.1234568910
  • Page 172
    SOUTH OF UXBRIDGE ROAD.
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.
  • Page 172
    NORTH OF UXBRIDGE ROAD.
  • Page 173
    SOUTH OF UXBRIDGE ROAD.
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.