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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Shewing the Number of Deaths from the Principal Zymotic Diseases in the ten years 1878-87 and in the year 1888.
| Diseases. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | 1881. | 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | 1886. | 1887. | Annual Average of ten years 1878-87. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in ten years 1878-87. | 1888. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1888. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 24 | 24 | 11 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 16.7 | 5.9 | - | - | |
| Measles | 53 | 60 | 75 | 67 | 77 | 39 | 32 | 111 | 56 | 108 | 67.8 | 24.2 | 124 | 43.9 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 77 | 51 | 105 | 38 | 62 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 44.1 | 15.7 | 26 | 9.2 | |
| Diphtheria | 20 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 22 | 30 | 40 | 23.4 | 8.2 | 89 | 31.5 | |
| Whooping. Cough | 185 | 93 | 95 | 85 | 119 | 44 | 81 | 98 | 82 | 86 | 96.8 | 34.5 | 100 | 35.4 | |
| Typhus Fever | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | - | - | |
| Enteric Fever | 26 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 20.1 | 7.2 | 21 | 7.4 | |
| Simple Continued Fever | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Diarrhoea | 181 | 71 | 128 | 101 | 61 | 80 | 110 | 86 | 90 | 124 | 103.2 | 36.9 | 58 | 20.5 | |
| TOTALS. | Kensington | 573 | 348 | 469 | 383 | 376 | 251 | 314 | 361 | 280 | 416 | 377.1 | 134.3 | 420 | 148.6 |
| London | 14734 | 12256 | 13681 | 13811 | 13553 | 10801 | 13629 | 11261 | 11121 | 12684 | 12753 | 152.7 | 10803 | 137.0 | |
| England & Wales | 84676 | 62020 | 82537 | 58239 | 69734 | 58972 | 71762 | 57726 | 62859 | 64676 | 67314 | 128.2 | 50684 | 99.2 | |