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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 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 0 | 8 | 84 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 23.3 | 8.3 | 25 | 9.0 | |
| Measles | 23 | 128 | 54 | 53 | 60 | 75 | 67 | 77 | 39 | 32 | 60.8 | 21.8 | 111 | 40.0 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 83 | 59 | 31 | 77 | 51 | 105 | 38 | 62 | 28 | 18 | 55.2 | 19.8 | 7 | 2.5 | |
| Diphtheria | 23 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 19.2 | 6.9 | 22 | 7.9 | |
| Whooping Cough | 107 | 124 | 34 | 185 | 93 | 95 | 85 | 119 | 44 | 81 | 96.7 | 34.5 | 98 | 35.4 | |
| Typhus Fever | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enteric Fever | 21 | 27 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 26 | 23.5 | 8.4 | 12 | 4.3 | |
| Simple Continued Fever | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Diarrhoea | 107 | 126 | 99 | 181 | 71 | 128 | 101 | 61 | 80 | 110 | 106.4 | 38.0 | 86 | 31.0 | |
| TOTALS. | Kensington | 372 | 498 | 339 | 573 | 348 | 469 | 383 | 376 | 251 | 314 | 392.3 | 140.2 | 361 | 130.0 |
| London | 13411 | 12565 | 12392 | 14734 | 12256 | 13681 | 13811 | 13553 | 10801 | 13629 | 13083 | 159 | 11261 | 140 | |
| Engl and & Wales | 82332 | 75506 | 6G558 | 84624 | 62020 | 82537 | 58239 | 69734 | 58972 | 71762 | 71228 | 136 | 57726 | 110 | |