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Prefatory Remarks on Death.bate—Parochial, Metropolitan
and National, in 1885 9
Registration District, "Kensington" 11
„ Sub.Districts: "Kensington Town," and
"brompton" 12
Wards, Division of Parish into 12
Kensington, Population and Rateable Value of: 1801.85 13
Vital Statistics, in 1885, Summary of 13
Zymotic Diseases, General Remarks on the "Seven Principal" 18
„ ,, Number of Deaths from the ,, ,, 20
„ „ Death.rate from : in Kensington, in London,
and other large Towns, and in England and
Wales 20
„ „ In Kensington: Monthly Returns of Deaths
from 21
Measles 21
Whooping.Cough 22
Scarlet Fever 23
„ Dissemination of, by Milk of Diseased Cows 24
Diphtheria 27
Enteric Fever 28
Diarrhœa 28
Cholera; Conference with reference to 29
,, Outbreak of, in Spain, France, and Italy, in 1885 29
„ Summary of Precautionary Measures against ; proposed
to be taken, in 1883, by the Metropolitan Asylums
Board, etc., under Diseases Prevention (Metropolis)
Act, 1883 29
,, Duties of Local Authorities, in the event of an epidemic,
under Diseases Prevention Acts 31
„ Precautionary Measures against, adopted by the Local
Government Board, as explained by the Medical
Officer to the Board 31
„ Outbreak of, in Italy in 1886 32