Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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charge of strangers. The evidence of improper feeding and of the
lack of maternal care is apparent enough in the above list of fatal
diseases.
Senile Mortality.βAt sixty years of age, and upwards,
there were 736 deaths, as against 649, 699 and 607, in the three
preceding years, or 25.6 per cent, on total deaths, the equivalent
per centage in London being 22.8.
The Death Rate per 1,000 persons living, at different periods of life, was as follows :β
1885. | 1884. | |
---|---|---|
Under Five years of age | 58.4 | 56.3 |
Five and under 15 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
Fifteen β ,, 25 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
Twenty-five ,, 35 | 5.4 | 5.0 |
Thirty-five ,, 45 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
Forty-five ,, 55 | 16.3 | 18.0 |
Fifty-five ,, 65 | 27.6 | 24.7 |
Sixty-five ,, 75 | 63.2 | 58.1 |
Seventy-five ,, 85 | 142.7 | 127.5 |
Eighty-five and upwards | 340.3 | 202.1 |
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 :β
Kensington Town Sub-district, | Bronipton Sub-district. | Grand Total Whole Parish. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
273 | 319 | 592 | 69 | 87 | 156 | 748 |
299 | 294 | 593 | 71 | 71 | 142 | 735 |
249 | 262 | 511 | 55 | 72 | 127 | 638 |
252 | 264 | 516 | 58 | 73 | 131 | 647 |
1073 | 1139 | 2212 | 253 | 303 | 556 | 2768 |
The Births were, Males | 2049 | The Deaths were, Males | 1326 | |||
Females | 1983 | F emales | 1442 | |||
Total Births | 4032 | Total Deaths | 2768 | |||
2768 | Deaths |
1264 Excess of Births over Deaths