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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Prefatory Remarks on the Death-rate—Parochial; Metropolitan ;
Urban; National, &e. 1
Registration District Kensington " 5
„ Sub-Districts : " Kensington Town," and Brompton 6
Wards, Division of Parish into 7
Kensington, Population and Rateable value of ; 1801-1890 7
Mortal Statistics, 1890, Summary of 8
Zymotic Diseases, General Remarks on the " Seven Principal " 15
„ „ Number of deaths from the „ „ in 1890 17
,, „ Death-rate from ; in Kensington ; in London and other
large Towns, and in England and Wales 17
„ „ Monthly Returns of Deaths from, in Kensington 18
Small-Pox, Low rate of Mortality from, in London 18
Measles 19
„ and Notification 20
Scarlet Fever 21
„ „ In London 22
„ „ Increased use of the Hospitals for Isolation of 22
,, „ Hospital Accommodation for 23
„ „ Alleged Dissemination of, by Milk of diseased Cows 25
„ „ Statistical Returns of 25
,, „ Cases of, recorded in Kensington, 1880-90 (Tables) 26
Diphtheria 28
,, Decrease in Case-mortality of 30
„ and Schools 30
„ In London 32