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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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The subjoined Table sets out necessary particulars of the mortality from the principal zymotic diseases in 1888, together with the decennial average, etc:—
| Disease. | Sub.districts. | In Hospitals. | Total. | Decennial Average. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town. | Brompton.i | Town. | Brompton. | Uncorrected. | Corrected for increase of Population. | ||
| Small.pox | - | - | - | - | - | 16.7 | 17.8 |
| Measles | 112 | 11 | 1 | — | 124 | 07.8 | 72.2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 26 | 44.1 | 47.0 |
| Diphtheria | 61 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 89 | 23.4 | 25.5 |
| Whooping-cough | 80 | 18 | — | 2 | 100 | 96.8 | 103.2 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Enteric Fever | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 20.1 | 21.4 |
| Simple continued | |||||||
| Fever | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 3.7 | 39 |
| Diarrhoea | 44 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 103.2 | 110.0 |
| 319 | 45 | 48 | 8 | 420 | 377.1 | 402.4 | |
It appears, then, that the deaths from these diseases were
18 above the corrected decennial average. They were also
4 more than in 1887. As usual, the deaths in the Brampton
sub-district (53) were fewer in proportion to population than
in the Town sub-district, and even to a greater extent than in
immediately preceding years. The total deaths were equal to
148 per 1,000 deaths from all causes in Kensington (Metropolis,
137), and to a rate of 2.3 per 1,000 persons living
(Metropolis, 2.5) ; the decennial average being 2.2 in Kensington,
and 3.2 in London. In England and Wales the deaths
from these diseases were 100.7 in each 1,000 deaths ; and the
rate was 1.8 per 1,000 persons living, the decennial average
being 2.4 per 1,000.
In the 27 Cities and Boroughs grouped by the Registrar.
General with the Metropolis, the zymotic death rate was 2.4
per 1,000, ranging from 1.15 in Halifax to 4'13 in Blackburn.