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Kensington 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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199 (six more than in 1888), viz., males 116 and females 83.
Of these births, 182 were registered in the Town sub-district
which includes the Parish workhouse, at which institution there
were 128 births, including nine still-born, 96 of which were illegitimate.
In the Parish generally, the illegitimate births formed
5'4 per cent, of total births, as against 4'7 in each of the three
preceding years.
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. | Total | Males. | Females. | Total. | Parish. | |
| 1st Quarter | 410 | 425 | 835 | 78 | 89 | 167 | 1002 |
| 2nd ,, | 358 | 403 | 761 | 92 | 61 | 153 | 914 |
| 3rd „ | 352 | 340 | 692 | 99 | 93 | 192 | 884 |
| 4th ,, | 367 | 353 | 720 | 90 | 88 | 178 | 898 |
| 1487 | 1521 | 3008 | 359 | 331 | 690 | 3698 | |
For particulars respecting the annual number of births and
birth-rates, in the decennial period 1879-88, see Tables I. and
II. (Appendix).
DEATHS AND DEATH-RATE.
The deaths registered in 1889, inclusive of 231 at outlying
public institutions, but exclusive of deaths of non-parishioners at
intra-parochial public institutions, were 2412, and 525 below the
decennial average corrected for increase of population: 1933 of
the deaths belong to the Town sub-district and 479 to the
Bromptou sub-district. The death-rate, whole Parish, was 18.5 per
1000, compared with 15.9, 16.4 and 15.9 in the three preceding
years; being 2.9 below the decennial average and 3.9 below the
London rate (17.4) ; this, moreover, being 3.4 below the average
(20.8), and the lowest on record. It was 4.4 below the rate in
England and Wales (17.9), the lowest on record, save that in
1888 (17.8). The rate in the Town sub district was 14.9, and in
Brompton 10.0, as against 17.3 and 12.1 in 1888. The rate in.