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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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abscess, skin disease, suffocation and "want of breath," one
each. Illegitimate children are commonly brought up by
hand, under the 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.—At sixty years of age, and upwards,
there were 773 deaths, as against 619, 699, 607, 736, and 747
in the five preceding years, or 27.0 per cent. on total deaths,
the equivalent percentage in London as a whole being 22.5.
The Death Rate per 1,000 persons living, at different periods of life, was as follows:—
| 1887. | 1886. | 1885. | 1884. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under Five years of age | 60.0 | 55.0 | 58.4 | 56.3 |
| Five and under 15 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| Fifteen „ ,, 25 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Twenty.five „ 85 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| Thirty.five „ 45 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
| Forty.five „ 55 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 16.3 | 18.0 |
| Fifty.five „ 65 | 32.5 | 29.5 | 27.6 | 24.7 |
| Sixty.five „ 75 | 61.2 | 65.8 | 63.2 | 58.1 |
| Seventy.five ,, 85 | 151.6 | 144.9 | 142.7 | 127.5 |
| Eighty.five and upwards | 367.8 | 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:—
| Kensington Town Sub.district. | Brompton Sub.District. | Grand Total. Whole Parish. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. Females. | Total. | |||
| 1st Quarter | 321 | 369 | 690 | 81 | 94 | 175 | 865 |
| 2nd | 275 | 252 | 527 | 70 | 64 | 134 | 661 |
| 3rd „ 4th „ | 257 | 265 | 522 | 60 | 57 | 117 | 639 |
| 294 | 288 | 582 | 52 | 73 | 125 | 707 | |
| 1147 | 1174 | 2321 | 263 | 288 | 551 | 2872 | |
| The Births were, Males | 2016 | The Deaths were, Males | 1410 | ||||
| Females | 1925 | Females | 1462 | ||||
| Total birth | s 3941 | Total deaths | 2872 | ||||
| 2872 Deaths | |||||||
1069 Excess of Births over Deaths.
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