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causes in ordinary years, falling upon the aged. January,
1890, moreover, was a mild month, the mean temperature
having been 7.1° Fahr. above the average for that month.
The deaths in Kensington attributed to Influenza—alone,
or in association with other diseases, mostly of the respiratory
organs, which had been 39 in 1890, viz.: 29 and 10 in the
Town and Brompton sub-districts respectively, were 113 in
1891, viz. : 78 and 35 in the two sub-districts. Three deaths
were primarily attributed to this cause in January and
two in April. In my fifth monthly report, being for the
period between April 26th and May 23rd, I recorded
29 deaths (10 of them in Brompton) 1, 8, 8, and 12 in the four
weeks, consecutively. The maximum mortality from this
cause, 46 deaths; 35 in the Town sub-district, and 11 in
Brompton; was recorded in the 21st—24th weeks, May 24th
to June 20th, the deaths in the consecutive weeks being 9,19,
10, and 8. Nineteen deaths (12 in the Town sub-district and
7 in Brompton), were recorded in the next four weeks, ended
July 18th. The deaths fell to 2 in the four weeks ended
August 15th ; there were 3 in the four weeks ended September
12th. No further deaths were recorded from this cause until
the end of the year, when, in my final report, I had to chronicle
9 deaths, 4 in the Town sub-district, and 5 in Brompton. In
these same weeks, 49th—52nd, ended January 2nd, 1892,
Influenza was the cause of 81 deaths in London, 8, 17, 19,
and 37, in the four consecutive weeks. The ages at death, in
Kensington, were, under one year, 2 : between 1 and 5, also 2 :
between 5 and 15, 4: between 15 and 25, 1 : between 25 and
35, 10 : between 35 and 45, 12 : between 45 and 55, 18 :
between 55 and 65, 22 : between 65 and 75, 29 : between 75
and 85, 10, and at 85 and upwards, 3. The victims included
57 males and 56 females. The 94 deaths registered in the
12 weeks, April 26th to July 18th, comprised 45 of persons of
the artizan and labouring classes, including domestic servants;