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Kensington 1886

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

Published
1887
Pages
211
Tables
41

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41 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.1886.18851884.1883.1882.1881.1880.1879.1878.1877.1876.
  • Page 14
    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.Population.Increase in 10 years.
    1871.1881.1871.1881.
  • Page 14
    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 22
    The subjoined Table sets out necessary particulars of the mortality from the principal zymotic diseases in 1886, together with the decennial average, etc.:—
    Disease.Sub-Districts.In Hospitals.Total.Decennial Average.
    Uncorrected.Corrected for Increase of Population.
    Town.Brompton.Town.Bromp ton
  • Page 23
    The following Table shows the distribution of deaths in Kensington from the principal zymotic diseases registered in thirteen four-weekly periods, corresponding to my monthly reports:—
    PERIOD.DISEASES.
    Four weeks endedSmall-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
  • Page 50
    Table shewing Quarterly and Total Admissions of Small-pox and Fever Patients at the Asylums Board Hospitals in 1886, and Population of the several Parishes, Unions, and Districts in 1881.
    Parishes, Unions, etc.Small-pox.TotalScarlet Fever.TotalEnteric Fever.TotalGrand Total. Small-pox and Fever.Population.
    1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.1st Qtr2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.
  • Page 51
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  • Page 72
    First period of twelve years (1859.70); without notification and without hospitals:— Number of Deaths Annually.
    Diseases185918601861186218631864186518661867186818691870Totals.
  • Page 72
    Second period of twelve years (1871.82); with voluntary notification and with hospitals:— Number of Deaths Annually.
    Diseases.187118721873187418751876187718781879188018811882Totals.
  • Page 73
    Summary of preceding Tables, with corrections for increase of population:—
    Diseases.Actual 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 82
    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 82
    (b) KENSINGTON TOWN SUB.DISTRICT.
    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 82
    (c) BROMPTON SUB.DISTRICT.
    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 83
    The following Table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the Parish since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation in 1856:—
    1856.1886.Gross Increase in 30 years.
  • Page 83
    The increase in all respects within the last fifteen years, the period over which my official experience extends, is not inconsiderable, as the subjoined figures will show.
    1871.1886.Increase in 15 years.
  • Page 85
    The subjoined Table shows the quarterly numbers of births of males and females in each of the sub.districts.
    Kensington Town Sub.district.Brompton Sub.district.Grand Total. Whole Parish.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 87
    The Death Rate per 1,000 persons living, at different periods of life, was as follows:—
    1886.1885.1884.
  • Page 87
    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 (vide page 101,):—
    Kensington Town Sub.district.Brompton Sub.district.Grand Total. Whole Parish.
  • Page 88
    The subjoined Table shows the rate of mortality and the mean temperature of the air in each of thirteen periods of four weeks corresponding with my monthly reports.
    Date of Report.Death Rate per 1000 persons living.Mean Temperature of the Air
    1886.Ten years, 1876.85.1886.Decennial Average.Above or below average
  • Page 88
    The subjoined Table, a summary of Table 3 (Appendix) shews the numbers of deaths of parishioners in 1886, in each Class and Order, according to the Registrar.General's re.arranged classification
    I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
    No.of Deaths.
  • Page 89
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    No.of Deaths
  • Page 100
    Summary of Causes of Death.
    Under one year.Between one year and Sixty.Sixty and upwards.Total.
  • Page 101
    The deaths occurred in the following institutions, viz.—
  • Page 107
    Comparative Small-pox Death Rates among Londoners, Vaccinated and Unvaccinated respectively, for the 52 weeks ended 29th 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 169
    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 171
    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 of 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., being taken as 1°.
  • Page 180
    1. With respect to illuminating power. The maximum, minimum, and average illuminating power, in standard sperm candles, the statutory standard being sixteen candles, was as follows:—
    Maximum.Minimum.Average.
  • Page 182
    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 187
    TABLE I. Shewing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths in 1886, and ten preceding years.
    The Year.Estimated Population*No. of Inhabited Houses†Marriages.Registered Births.Deaths.
    Total all Ages ‡Under One Year.Under Five Years.In Public Institutions §
  • Page 188
    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 1886 and ten preceding 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 190
    TABLE III. Deaths Registered from all causes in the year 1886. (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.Grand Total all Ages.SUB-DISTRICTS.
    0 to 1.1 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 and upwards.Kensington Town.Brompton.
  • Page 191
    TABLE IV. Shewing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1886 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 l,000 of Total Deaths, at all ages.
  • Page 192
    TABLE V. Shewing the Number of Deaths from the Principal Zymotic Diseases in the ten years 1876-85, and in the year 1886.
    Diseases.1876.1877.1878.1879.1880.1881.1882.1883.1884.1885.Annual Average of ten years 1876-85Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in ten years 1876-85.1886.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1886.
  • Page 193
    TABLE VI. Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year 1886-7.
    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-Close ts.Dust Bins.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
    Notices issued for Sanitary Amendments of j Houses and Premises.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &e.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious Character.Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c.Ventilated.Repaired, &c.I 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. fRemoval of Accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.Animals Removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal Proceedings: i.e., Summonses. ‡
    Bakehouses.i Licensed Cowsheds.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
  • Page 194
    TABLE VII. Summary of Monthly Returns of Work, &c., done by the Sanitary Inspectors, 1886-7.
    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.
    N.W.N.E.C.S.N.W.N.E.C.8.N.W.N.E.C.S.N.W.N.E.C.s.N.W.N.E.C.S.N.W.N.E.C.S.N.W.N.E.Cs.N.W.N.E.C.S.
  • Page 195
    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 in all London, in 1886, and in ten preceding years.
    The Year.Deaths per 1,000 living.Total Deaths from seven principal Zymotic diseases, Kensington.Annual rate of Mortality per 1,000 living from seven principal Zymotic Diseases.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths from seven principal Zymotic Diseases.The Year.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 196
    TABLE VIII. Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in all London and in Kensington in 1886.
    LOCALITY.Annual Death Rate per 1,000 living from all causes.Annual Death Rate per 1,000 living from seven principal Zymotic diseases.Percentage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered.PERCENTAGE 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*Uncertified causes of Death.
  • Page 197 198
    TABLE IX. Showing the Localities in which Fatal Cases of some of the Principal Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1886. KENSINGTON TOWN REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICT.
    Locality.DISEASES.Total.Locality.DISEASES.Total.
    Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.
    Typhus.Enteric.Sim.Cont.Typhus.Enteric.Sim.Cont
  • Page 199
    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.1 Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 10,11 and 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets), viz.:Number of these Births 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 proceed-ings by summons and otherwise.
    Insusceptible of Successful vaccinationHad Small-pox.
  • Page 200
    SOUTH OF UXBRIDGE ROAD.
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.
  • Page 201
    SOUTH OF UXBRIDGE ROAD.
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.