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Prefatory Remarks on Death-rate—Parochial; Metropolitan; Urban ;
and National 1
Registration District: "Kensington" 4
,, Sub-Districts Kensington Town," and " Brompton" 5
Wards, Division of Parish into 6
Kensington, Population and Rateable value of; 1801-1888 6
Vital Statistics, 1888, Summary of 7
Zymotic Diseases, General Remarks on the " Seven Principal " 12
,, ,, Number of Deaths from the ,, ,, in 1888 15
,. „ Death-rate from; in Kensington, in London and
other large Towns, and in England and Wales 15
,, „ Monthly Return of Deaths from, in Kensington 16
Small-Pox, Low rate of Mortality from, in London 16
Measles 17
„ Hospital Accommodation for 9
Scarlet Fever 21
„ ,, In London 23
,, ,, Cases of, recorded in Kensington, 1879-87 and in 1888 25
„ ,, Alleged Dissemination of, by the Milk of Diseased Cows 27
Diphtheria 29
,, Endemic of 30
,, Hospital Accommodation for 33
,, ,, ,, Action taken by the Vestry to
obtain 34
„ ,, „ Action taken by the Society of
Medical Officers of Health 36
„ ,, ,, Action taken by the Asylums
Board 37
„ „ ,, Decision of the Local Government
Board securing 38
,, ,, ,, Provision of, Reported to Medical
Practitioners and the Head
Teachers of Public Elementary
Schools 40