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Kensington 1888

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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

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

Report for Four Weeks ended.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
Jan. 28, 1888...74518...3......37
Feb. 25, „...33210...1...i20
Mar. 24,...3414...2...225
April 21, ,,...6321...1...336
May 19, „...153516...1...40
June 16, .,...8137...2...324
July 14, „...8182...1...626
Aug. 11, „...2151...1...616
Sept. 8. „...2101......1932
Oct. 6, ,...41124...1...729
Nov. 3,...1714...11437
Dec. 1,...332112...31355
Dec. 29, „...181142...4...443
Totals...1242689100...21253420

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I now proceed to make a few observations with regard to
each of the above-mentioned diseases.
SMALL-POX.
No case of small-pox was recorded during the year. The
recorded cases in the three previous years were 180, 8, and 1
respectively.
Small-pox was almost entirely absent from the Metropolis
in 1888. The deaths were 9 only (tho same as in 1887),
shewing a diminution of 857 deaths, compared with annual
deaths in 1878-87 corrected for increase of population. These
deaths, in both years were fewer—not merely relatively to
population, but absolutely—than in any year since the present
system of civil registration began ; the years which most nearly
approached this minimum being 1875 (46 deaths), 1874 (57