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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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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 1,000 persons living. | Abave or below Decennial Average | Mean Temperature of the Air. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | Decennial Average | Above or below Decennial Average | ||||
| 1887. | 10 years 1877-86. | |||||
| For four weeks to Jan. 29, 1887 | 20.8 | 20.1 | + 0.7 | 35.6 | 37°.7 | —2°.l |
| Feb. 26. ,, | 18.3 | 18.7 | —0.4 | 39.1 | 40.6 | —1.5 |
| Mar. 26. ;, | 20.9 | 18.9 | +2.0 | 36.4 | 41.8 | -5.4 |
| Apl. 23. „ | 15.0 | 19.3 | —4.3 | 44.4 | 45.1 | —0.7 |
| May. 21. „ | 15.1 | 16.0 | —0.9 | 47.9 | 49.7 | —1.8 |
| June 18. „ | 16.0 | 15.8 | +0.4 | 57.5 | 56.3 | +1.2 |
| July 16. „ | 15.6 | 14.6 | + 1.0 | 65.1 | 61.4 | + 3.7 |
| Aug. 13. „ | 17.2 | 16.4 | +0.8 | 64.5 | 61.7 | +2.8 |
| Sep. 10. „ | 13.4 | 14.0 | —0.6 | 59.7 | 60.3 | -0.6 |
| Oct. 8. „ | 11.3 | 13.0 | —1.7 | 52.2 | 54.9 | —2.7 |
| Nov. 5. „ | 15.3 | 15.1 | +0.2 | 43.2 | 47.8 | —4.6 |
| Deo. 3. | 18.1 | 17.4 | +0.7 | 40.3 | 42.6 | —2.3 |
| Dec. 31. „ | 15.8 | 18.3 | —2.5 | 37.3 | 38.3 | —1.0 |
| Average whole year | 16.4 | 16.9 | 47.8 | 49.1 | ||
The Subjoined Table , a summary of Table 3 (Appendix) shews the numbers of deaths of parishioners in each Class and Order, according to the Registrar-General 's le-arranged classification.
| I. | SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths. | ||||
| 1. | Miasmatic diseases | 298 | ||
| 2. | Diarrhœal ,, | 125 | ||
| 3. | Malarial ,, | 2 | ||
| 4. | Zoogenous „ | 1 | ||
| 5, | Venereal ,, | 19 | ||
| 6. | Septic ,, | 35 | ||
| 480 | ||||
| II. | PARASITIC DISEASES | 4 | ||
| III. | DIETETIC DISEASES | 13 | ||
| IV. | CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES | 571 | ||
| V. | DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES | 170 | ||
| VI. | LOCAL DISEASES | |||
| 1. | Diseases of Nervous system | 289 | ||
| 2. | Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 5 | ||