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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 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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87
Senile Mortality.—At sixty years of age, and upwards,
there were 747 deaths, as against 619, 699, 607, and 736 in the
four preceding years, or 27.1 per cent. on total deaths, the
.equivalent percentage in London being 23.5.
The Death Rate per 1,000 persons living, at different periods of life, was as follows:—
| 1886. | 1885. | 1884. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under Five years of | age | 55.0 | 58.4 | 56.3 |
| Five and under | 15 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| Fifteen „ „ | 25 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Twenty.five „ | 35 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| Thirty.five „ | 45 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
| Forty.five „ | 55 | 14.8 | 16.3 | 18.0 |
| Fifty.five „ | 65 | 29.5 | 27.6 | 24.7 |
| Sixty.five „ | 75 | 65.8 | 63.2 | 58.1 |
| Seventy.five „ | 85 | 144.9 | 142.7 | 127.5 |
| Eighty.five and upwards | 338.0 | 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 (vide page 101,):—
| Kensington Town Sub.district. | Brompton Sub.district. | Grand Total. Whole Parish. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | Males. 342 | Females. 319 | Total. 691 | Males. 73 | Females. 106 | Total. 179 | 870 | |
| 2nd „ | 221 | 234 | 455 | 60 | 77 | 137 | 592 | |
| 3rd „ | 238 | 254 | 492 | 73 | 61 | 134 | 626 | |
| 4 th „ | 2«3 | 277 | 540 | 61 | 67 | 128 | 668 | |
| 1064 | 1114 | 2178 | 267 | 311 | 578 | 2756 | ||
| The Births were, Males | 2137 | The Deaths were, Males | 1331 | |||||
| Females | 2012 | Females | 1425 | |||||
| Total Births | 4139 | Total Deaths | 2756 | |||||
| 2756 | Deaths | |||||||
| 1393 Excess of Births over Deaths. | ||||||||
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.