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Kensington 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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119
were registered in the Town sub-district, which includes the
parish workhouse, at which institution out of 126 live births
(males 67, females 59), 103 were illegitimate. In the parish
generally, the illegitimate births formed 4.7 per cent. of total
births, as against 4.8, 4.2, 5.8 and 4.7, in 1883-4-5-6
consecutively.
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. | ||
| 1st Quarter | 428 | 428 | 856 | 103 | 113 | 216 | 1072 |
| 2nd ,, | 406 | 389 | 795 | 110 | 72 | 182 | 977 |
| 3rd ,, 4th ,, | 410 396 | 378 367 | 788 763 | 89 74 | 81 97 | 170 171 | 958 934 |
| 1640 | 1562 | 3202 | 376 | 363 | 739 | 3941 | |
For particulars respecting annual number of births and
birth rates, in the decennial period, 1877-86, see Tables I. and
II., Appendix.
DEATHS AND DEATH RATE.
The deaths registered in 1887, inclusive of 213 at outlying
public institutions, but exclusive of deaths of non-parishioners
at intra-parochial public institutions, were 2,872, or 104 below
the decennial average, corrected for increase of population:
2,321 of the deaths belong to the Town sub-district, and 5.51 to
the Brompton sub-district. The death rate, whole parish, was
16.4 per 1,000, compared with 15.1, 16.1, and 15.9 in the three
preceding years; being 0.5 below the decennial average and
3.2 below the London rate (19.6); this, moreover, being 1.7
below the average (21.3) and the lowest on record. It was 2.4
below the rate in England and Wales (18.8), also the
lowest on record. The rate in the Town sub-district
was 18.0, and in Brompton 11.8, as against 17.0
and 12.6 in 1886. The rate in the male sex was
20.0, and in the female sex 14.0 per 1,000, as against 19.1 and
137 in 1886. There was one death to every 60.9 inhabitants,