London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

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]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: The following Table shows the distribution of deaths in Kensington from the principal zymotic diseases registered in thirteen four-weekly periods, corresponding with my monthly reports :—

The following Table shows the distribution of deaths in Kensington from the principal zymotic diseases registered in thirteen four-weekly periods, corresponding with my monthly reports :—

PElRIODDISEASE.
Four Weeks endedSmall-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
Jan. 29,1887...14149......1231
Feb. 26, ,,...72413...2...432
Mar. 26 ,,...16...310...1...131
April 23, ,,...12...18...1...224
May 21, „...12235.........225
June 18, ,,...14355......1129
July 16, „...12443...2...2550
Aug. 13, „...32210...1...5876
Sept. 10, „...2537...1...1735
Oct. 8, ,,...11114.........320
Nov. 5, ,,...46...4...2...319
Dec. 3, ,,...6462.........220
Dec. 31, ,,...5446...1...424
Totals1108444086...112124416

Text

Copy text to clipboard

I now proceed to make a few observations with regard to
each of the above-mentioned diseases.
SMALL POX.
Small Pox was the cause of one death only, that of a
gentleman who contracted the disease in Paris. Only one
other case (also imported) was recorded during the year. The
recorded cases in the three previous years were 177, 181, and 3
respectively.
Small-pox was almost entirely absent from the Metropolis
in 1887. The deaths were nine only, shewing a dimunition of
1,194 deaths, compared with annual deaths in 1877-86 corrected
for increase of population. These deaths in both years
were fewer—not merely relatively to population, but