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Kensington 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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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.
Small Pox24115501262501014.35.20.0
Measles6075677739321115610812474.927.0145.8
Scarlet Fever5110538622818711442639.014.12811.6
Diphtheria262282524172230408930.310.911146.0
Whooping-Cough939585119448198828610088.331.82610.8
Typhus Fever14212000001.00.300.0
Enteric Fever1424222530261211112119.67.0197.9
Simple C'ntinu'd Fever85563400223.51.300.0
Diarrhoea71128101618011086901245890.932.77129.4
TOTALS.Kensington348469383376251314361280416420361.8130.3269111.5
London122561368113811135531080113629112611112112684108031236015109709128.3
England & Wales6202082537582396973458972717625772662859646765068463920122.461027117.8