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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 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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cation, 1 choked with food, and 1 from a fall) 3 from want of proper
food, and 1 from skin disease. Illegitimate children are commonly
brought up by hand, under the charge of strangers. The
evidence of improper feeding, and of the lack of maternal care, is
apparent enough in the above list of causes of death.
Senile Mortality.—At sixty years of age, and upwards,
there were 727 deaths, against 747, 773, and 842 in the three
preceding years, or 33.1 per cent. on total deaths, the equivalent
percentage in London as a whole being 24'2.
The Death-rate per 1000 persons living, at different periods of life, was as follows :—
| 1889. | 1888. | 1887. | 1886. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under five years of age | 41.1 | 56.4 | 60.0 | 55.0 |
| Five and under 15 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| Fifteen ,, ,, 25 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Twenty-five „ 35 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| Thirty-five ,, 45 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| Forty-five „ 55 | 14.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.8 |
| Fifty-five ,, 65 | 27.2 | 28.5 | 32.5 | 29.5 |
| Sixty-five „ 75 | 56.6 | 64.1 | 61.2 | 65.8 |
| Seventy-five „ 85 | 141.1 | 151.6 | 151.6 | 144.9 |
| Eighty-five and upwards | 328.3 | 300.0 | 367.8 | 338.0 |
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. | |
| 1st Quarter | 240 | 268 | 508 | 60 | 69 | 129 | 637 |
| 2nd „ | 207 | 248 | 455 | 61 | 76 | 137 | 592 |
| 3rd „ | 233 | 226 | 459 | 68 | 50 | 118 | 577 |
| 4th „ | 246 | 265 | 511 | 36 | 59 | 95 | 606 |
| 926 | 1007 | 1933 | 225 | 254 | 479 | 2412 | |