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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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Scarlet Fevee Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1888, and in Nine Peevious Years*, in Thirteen Four.Weekly Periods.
| The Year. | Weeks. 1-4 | Weeks. 5-8 | Weeks. 9-12 | Weeks. 13-16 | Weeks. 17-20 | Weeks. 21-24 | Weeks. 25-28 | Weeks. 29-32 | Weeks. 33-36 | Weeks. 37-40 | Weeks. 41-44 | Weeks. 45-48 | Weeks. 49-52 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | 46 | 40 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 252 |
| 1887 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 31 | 14 | 55 | 115 | 92 | 64 | 34 | 465 |
| 1886 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 100 |
| 1885 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 110 |
| 1884 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 20+ | 202 |
| 1883 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 37 | 30 | 27 | 231 |
| 1882 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 28 | 31 | 53 | 38 | 42 | 319 |
| 1881 | 24 | 31 | 18 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 33 | 24 | 30 | 17 | 287 |
| 1880 | 34 | 19 | 29 | 39 | 35 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 31 | 46 | 59 | 58 | 59 | 466 |
| 1879 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 22 | 28 | 74 | 26 | 277 |
| Average | 21.0 | 18.6 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 16.6 | 15.1 | 14.5 | 12.4 | 20.3 | 32.2 | 32.2 | 34.5 | 25.4 | 270 |
The returns prior to 1879 are incomplete. ‡ Return comprises five weeks. ‡Without correction for increase in population.