Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Ten- year periods. | |||
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1861-70 | 1871-80 | 1881-90 |
Increase. | Decrease. | |||
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By births, in excess of deaths. | By immigration. | By emigration. | Total increase. |
Name of Ward. | Area in Statute Acres. | Inhabited 1881. | Houses. 1891. | Increase in 10 years. | Population | Increase in 10 years. | Decrease | |
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1881. | 1891. |
Ward. | 1881 £ | 1861. £ | 1871. £ | 1881. £ | 1891. £ |
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The Year. | Population. | Rateable value of Property. | The Year. |
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1856. | 1891. | Gross Increase in 35 years. |
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1871. | 1891. | Increase in 20 years. |
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Kensington Town. sub-district. | Brompton sub-district. | Grand Total | |||||
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Total. | Whole Parish. | ||||||
Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. |
Kensington Town sub-district. | Total. | Brompton sub-district. | Grand Total | ||||
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Total. | Whole Parish. | ||||||
Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. |
Date of Report. | Death-rate per 1000 persons living. | Above or belo.w Decennial Average. | Mean Temperature of the Air. | |||
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1891. | 10 years 1881.90. | 1891. | Decennial Average. | Above or below Decennial Average. |
1891. | 1890. | 1889. | 1888. | 1887. | 1886. | 1885. | 1884. | 1883. | 1882. | 1881. |
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Disease. | Sub-districts. | In Hospitals. | Total. | Decennial average, | |||
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Town. | Brompton. | Town, | Brompton, | Uncorrected. | Corrected for increase of population |
Report for Four Weeks ended. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Simple Continued Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. |
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The Year. | No. of Recorded Cases. | Total Number of Recorded Cases. | Percentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases. | Deaths. | Total Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Recorded Cases. | Deaths in London from Scarlet Fever. | |||
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Treated at Home. | Removed to Hospital. | At Home. | In Hospitals | At Home. | In Hospitals |
The Year. | Weeks. 1-4 | Weeks. 5-8 | Weeks. 9-12 | Weeks. 13-16 | Weeks. 17-20 | Weeks. 21-24 | Weeks. 25-28 | Weeks. 29-32 | Weeks. 33-36 | Weeks. 37-40 | Weeks. 41-44 | Weeks. 45-48. | Weeks. 49-52 | TOTAL |
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DISEASES. | Under 1 year. | Between 1 year, and 60. | 60 and upwards. | Total. |
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Scarlet. | Diphtheria. | Typhus. | Enteric. | Other Diseases. | Total. |
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Local Authorities in whose Districts the cases were resident. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Membranous Croup. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Totals. | Enumerated Population (ur revised) 1891 |
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HOSPITAL. | Beds Occupied. | |||||
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Scarlet. | Diphtheria. | Typhus. | Enteric. | Other Diseases. | Total. |
Parishes, Unions. | Small-Pox. | Total. | Scarlet Fever. | Total. | Enteric Fever. | Total. | Diphtheria. | Total, | Grand Total Small- Pox, Fever, and Diphtheria. | Population in 1891. | |||||||||||||||
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1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr, | 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr | 4th Qtr. | 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr | 3rd Qtr. | 1th Qtr. | lst Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr. |
Maximum. | Minimum. | Average. |
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Maximum. | Minimum. | Average. |
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The Year | Estimated Population.* | No. of Inhabited Houses. † | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Deaths. | |||
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Total all Ages ‡ | Under One Year. | Under Five Years. | In Public Institutions. § |
The Year. | Birth-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population | Deaths of Children under one year; per 1000 of Registered Births. | Deaths of Children under one year; per 1000 of Total Deaths. | Deaths of Children under five years; per 1000 of Total Deaths. | Deaths in Public Institutions; per 1000 of Total Deaths. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total under Five Years of Age. | Grand Total All Ages. | sub-districts. | |||||||||||
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0 to 1. | 1 to 5. | 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 and upwards. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. |
I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES— | ||
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No. of Deaths. |
Division I. (Adults). | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of Population at all ages. | Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths at all ages. |
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Diseases. | 1881 | 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | Annual Average of ten years 1881-90. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in ten years 1881-90. | Deaths in 1891. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1891. |
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Sanitary Districts.* | No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants. | 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. | ||||||||||||||
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Notices i?sued 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 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."† | Removal of Accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse. ‡ | Animals removed, being improperly kept. | Regularly Inspected. | Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses. | ||||||
Bakehouses. | Licensed Cowsheds. | Licensed Slaughter Houses. |
Date of Report. | Houses Inspected. | Mews Inspected.1 | Slaughter Houses Inspected. | Cowsheds Inspected. | Bakehouses Inspected. | Offensive Trades Inspected. | Sanitary Notices Issued. | Date of Report. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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District. | District. | District. | District. | District. | District. | District. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
N.w | N.E. | C. | S. | N.w | N.E. | C. | S. | N.W | N. E. | C. | S. | N.W | N.E. | C. | S. | N.W | N.E. | C. | S. | N.W | N.E. | C. | S. | N.W | N.E. | C. | S. |
The Year. | Deaths per 1000 living. | Total Deaths from seven principal Zymotic Diseases, Kensington. | Annual rate of Mortality per 1000 living, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases. | The Year. | |||
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Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
Annual Death-rate per 1000 living, from all causes. | Annual Death-rate per 1000 living, from seven principal Zymotic diseases. | Percentage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered | percentage of deaths to total deaths. | |||||||
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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.1 | Uncertified. |
KENSINGTON TOWN REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICT. | |||||||||||||||||
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Locality. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-Cough | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. | Locality. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. | ||
Enteric. | Simple Continued. | Enteric. | Simple Continued. |
DATE. | Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District. | Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets. | 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 | ||||||
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Column 10 Successfully vaccinated | Column 11. | Column 13 Dead Un-vaccinated. | 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 found. | Cases still under proceedings by summons and otherwise. | ||||
Insusceptible of Successful vaccination. | Had Small-pox. | |||||||||
1890. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
LOCALITY. | LICENSEE. |
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LOCALITY. | LICENSEE. |
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Reference Number of Ecclesiastical Parih. | Name of Parish. | Numbers of the Enumeration Districts comprised in the Parish, (vide Table A.) | Number of Inhabited Houses in the Parish. | Population of the Parish. | Average Number of Persons to a House. |
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No. of Enumeration District. | Separate | Houses. | Tenements of less than Five Rooms | Persons. | Average Number of Persons to a House. | No. of Enumeration District. | Separate Families. | Houses. | Tenements of less than Five Rooms | Persons. | Average Number of Persons to a Houses. | ||||||||
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Inhabited. | Uninhabited. | Building. | Males. | Females | Total. | Inhabited. | Uninhabited. | Building. | Males. | Females | Total. |
District, and Sub-District. | Totals, All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 — | 2 — | 3 — | 4 — | Under 5 years. | 5 — | 10 — | 15 — | 20 — | 25 — | 30 — | 35 — | |
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Persons. | Males and Females. |
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. |
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