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Kensington 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

Published
1890
Pages
238
Tables
37

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37 tables in this report

  • Page 2
    The subjoined table shews the annual death-rate per 1000 persons living, in each of the last eleven years, in Kensington, in London as a whole, and in all England :—
    1889.1888.1887.1886.1885.1884.1883.1882.1881.1880.1879.
  • Page 6
    Kensington is for some local purposes divided into Wards : the subjoined table shews the acreage of the wards, their population, and the number of inhabited houses, etc., in 1871 and 1881.
    Name of Ward.Area in Statute Acres.Inhabited houses.Increase in 10 years.Population.Idcrease in 10 years.
    1871.lfSl.1871.1881.
  • Page 7
    The subjoined figures illustrate the development of the Parish, in population and wealth, since the beginning of the century.
    The Year.Population.Rateable value of Property.The Year.
  • Page 14
    The subjoined Table sets out necessary particulars of the mortality from the principal zymotic diseases in 1889, together with the decennial average, etc.:—
    Disease.Sub-districts.In Hospital.Total.Decennial average.
    Town.Brompton.TownBrompton.Uncorrected.Corrected for increase of Population
  • Page 15
    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 my monthly reports:—
    Report for Four Weeks endedSmall-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
  • Page 21
    Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1889, and in Ten Previous Years.
    The Year.No. of Recorded Cases.Total Number of Recorded Cases.Percentage of Remoy'ls to total Recorded Cases.Deaths.Total Deaths.Percentage of Deaths.Percentage of Deaths to Recorded Cases.Deaths in London from Scarlet Fever.
    Treated at Home.Removed to Hospital.At Home.In HospitalsAt Home.In Hospitals
  • Page 22
    Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1889, and in Ten Previous Years, in Thirteen Four-Weekly Periods.
    The Year.Weeks. 1-4Weeks. 5-8Weeks. 9-12Weeks. 13-16Weeks. 17-20Weeks. 21-24Weeks. 25-28.Weeks. 29-32Weeks. 33-36Weeks. 37-40Weeks. 41 44.Weeks. 45-48Weeks. 49-52TOTAL.
  • Page 40
    Institutions.Admitted direct from Homes or Parishes and Unions.Numbers remaining in the various Institutions 31st December, 1889.
  • Page 56
    Table shewing Quarterly and Total Admissions of Small-Pox and Fever Patients at the Asylums Board Hospitals in 1889, and Population of the several Parishes, Unions, and Districts in 1881.
    Parishes, Unions, &c.Small Pox.Total.Scarlet Fever.Total.Enteric Fever.Total.Diphtheria.Total.Grand Total Small-Pox, Fever, and Diphtheria.Population in 1881.
    1st. Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4tli Qtr.1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.
  • Page 57
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  • Page 63
    Cases of Infectious Disease notified to the Mbtbopolitan Medical Officers of Health under the provisions of the "Infectious Disease (Notification Act, 1889," from October 28th, 1889, to May 3rd, 1890.
    Name of District.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.ErysipelasCroup.Cholera.Total.Population in 1881.
  • Page 73
    The subjoined Tables shew the relative number of persons of each sex at the census of 1881, grouped according to age, (a) in the entire Parish, (b) in the Kensington Town sub-district and (c) in the Brompton sub-district. (a) ENTIRE PARISH.
    All Ages..Under Five Years.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 to 95.95 and upwards.All Ages.
  • Page 74
    The following Table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the Parish since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation in 1856 :—
    1856.1889.Gross Increase in 33 years.
  • Page 74
    The increase in all respects within the last eighteen years, the period over which my official experience extends, is not inconsiderable, as the subjoined figures shew:—
    1871.1889.Increase in 18 years.
  • Page 76
    The subjoined Table shews the quarterly number of births of males and females in each of the sub-districts :—
    Kensington Town sub-district.Brompton sub-district.Grand Total Whole
    Males.Females.TotalMales.Females.Total.Parish.
  • Page 78
    The Death-rate per 1000 persons living, at different periods of life, was as follows :—
    1889.1888.1887.1886.
  • Page 78
    The subjoined Table shews the quarterly number of deaths of parishioners, males and females, in each of the sub-districts, including those that occurred at outlying public institutions :—
    Kensington Town sub-district.Brompton sub-district.Grand Total Whole
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Parish.
  • Page 79
    The subjoined Table shews the rate of mortality and' the mean temperature of the air in each of thirteen periods of tour weeks corresponding with my monthly reports :—
    Date of Report.Death-rate per 1000 persons living.Above or below Decennial Average.Mean Temperature of tlie Air.
    1889.Decennial Average.Above or below Decennial Average
    1889.10 years 1879-83.
  • Page 80
    The subjoined Table, a summary of Table III (Appendix), shews the number of deaths of parishioners in each Class and Order, according to the Registrar-General's re-arranged classification :—
    No. of Deaths.
  • Page 92
    Summary of Causes of Death.
    DISEASES.Under 1 year.Between 1 year and 60.60 and upwardsTotal.
  • Page 98
    The causes of death may be classified as follows:—
  • Page 170
    The bodies removed to the mortuary in twelve months, ended March 25th, 1890, were admitted upon application as follows:—
  • Page 204
    1. With respect to Illuminating Power. The maximum, minimum, and average illuminating power, in standard sperm candles, the statutory standard being 16 candles, was as follows:—
    Maximum.Minimum.Average.
  • Page 206
    Grains of sulphur per 100 cubic feet of gas ; the Parliamentary limit being 17 grains in 100 cubic feet during the months from April to October, and 22 grains from October to April:—
    Maximum.Minimum.Average.
  • Page 209
    Shewing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, in 1889, and in ten preceding years.
    The Year.Estimated Population.*No. of Inhabited Houses,†Marriages.Registered Births.Deaths,
    Total all Ages.‡Under One Year.Under Five Years.In Public Institutions.§
  • Page 210
    Shewing the Annual Birth Rate and Death Rate; Death Rates of Children, and Fioportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths, for the year 1889, and ten preceding years.
    The Year.Birth Rate per 1,000 of the Population.Death Rate per 1,000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under 1 year: per 1,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions; per 1.000 of Total Deaths.
  • Page 211
    (Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Parish, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions without the Parish.)
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGESTotal under five Years of AgeGrand Total All Agessub-districts
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15. I15 to 25.25 to 3535 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65-65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwardsKensingtonBrompton.
  • Page 213
    Shewing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1889, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes: also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    Division I. (Adults).Total DeathsDeaths per 1,000 of Population at all ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths, at all ages.
  • Page 214
    TABLE V. Shewing the Number of Deaths from the Principal Zymotic Diseases in the ten years 1879-88, and in the year 1889.
    Diseases.1879.1880.1881.1882.1883.1884.1885.1886.1887.1888.Annual Average of ten years 1879-88.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in ten years 1879-88.1889.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1889.
  • Page 215
    TABLE VI. Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year 1889-90.
    Sanitary Districts1No. of Complaints received during the year.No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.Results of Inspection.House Drains.Water Closets.Dust Bins.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
    Notices issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed. &c.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Repaired, &c.Supplied with Water.New Provided.New Provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns (new) erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered.Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses Registered under 35th Section of the "Sanitary Act, 1866." §Dust Removal—No. of Communications received and attended to. †Removal of Accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.Animals removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal Proceedings : i.e., Summonses, t
    Bakehouses.Licensed Cowsheds.Licensed Slaughter Houses.
  • Page 216
    TABLE VIa. Summary of Monthly Returns of Work, &c., done by the Sanitary Inspectors, in the year 1889-90.
    Date of Report.Houses Inspected.Mews Inspected.Slaughter Houses Inspected.Cowsheds Inspected. .Bakehouses Inspected.Offensive Trades Inspected.Sanitary Notices Issued.Removal of Dust Ashes, &c., Letters of Request received and attended to.Date of Report.
    District.District.District.District.District.District.District.District.
    N.Wn.e.c.S.n.Wn.e.c.s.n-wn.e.C.s.n.wn.e.c.s.n.wn.e.c.s.n.wn.e.C.S.n.wn.e.C.S.n.wn.e.c.S.
  • Page 217
    TABLE VII. Shewing the Death Rate per 1,000 persons living; the Annual Rate per 1,000 from the principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class; and the proportion of Deaths from these Diseases to total Deaths, in Kensington and in all London, in 1889, and in ten preceding years.
    The Year.Deaths per 1,000 living.Total Deaths from seven principal Zymotic Diseases, Kensington.Annual rate of Mortality per 1,000 living, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases.The Year.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 218
    TABLE VIII. Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in all London, and in Kensington, in 1889.
    Annual Death Rate per 1,000 living, from all causes.Annual Death rate per 1,000 living, from seven principal Zymotic diseases.Percentage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered.PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS TO TOTAL DEATHS.
    Under 1 year of age.At 60 years of age and upwards.From seven principal Zymotic diseases.From Violence.Registered upon information of Coroners. (Inquests.)Registered at Public Institutions*.Uncertified.
  • Page 219
    TABLE IX. Shewing the Localities in which fatal cases of the Principal Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1889. KENSINGTON TOWN REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICT.
    Locality.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.Locality.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
    Enteric.Simple Continued.Enteric.Simple Contimed.
  • Page 221
    TABLE X. Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered in 1888.*
    DATE.Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District.Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 10,11 and 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets), viz.:Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account (as shewn by Report Book) of
    Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets.Column 10 Successfully vaccinated.Column 11.Column 13 Dead. Un-vacci-nated.Postponement by Medical Certificate.Removal to District the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been foundCases still under proceedings by summons and otherwise.
    Insusceptible of Successful vaccination.Had Small-pox.
    1888.123456891011
  • Page 222
    SOUTH OP UXBRIDGE ROAD.
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.
  • Page 223
    SOUTH OF UXBRIDGE ROAD.
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.