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Kensington 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

Published
1893
Pages
242
Tables
49

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  • Page 3
    Wards . The subjoined Table shews the acreage of the Wards, their population as enumerated, and the number of inhabited houses in each, in 1881 and 1891:—
    Name of Ward.Area in Statute acres.Inhabited 1881.Houses 1891.Increase in 10 years.Population.Increase in Decrease. 10 years.
    1881.1891.
  • Page 3
    The Rateable Value of Property in the several Wards, at ten-year intervals, between 1851 and 1891, was as follows :—
    Ward.185i.186l.18711881.1891.
  • Page 4
    The subjoined figures illustrate the development of the Parish, in population and wealth, since the beginning of the century:—
    The Year.Population.Rateable value of Property.The Year,
  • Page 4
    The following Table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the Parish since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation, in 1856:—
    1856.1892.Increase in 36 years.
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    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 8
    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.
  • Page 8
    my tenure of office. The birth rate in 1872 was 32T per 1000: in 1868, it was 33.1 per 1000.
    The Year.Population.Total Births.Males.Females.Birth-rate per 1,000
  • Page 10
    The subjoined Table shews the quarterly number of deaths of parishioners, males and females, in each of the sub-districts:—
    Kensington Town sub-district.Total.Brompton sub-district.Grand Total. Whole
    Males.Females.Males.Females.Total.Parish.
  • Page 11
    The subjoined Table shews the rate of mortality, and the mean temperature of the air, in each of thirteen periods of four weeks corresponding with my monthly reports:—
    Date of Report.Death-rate per 1,000 persons living 1892. 10 years 1882-91.Above or below Decennial Average.Mean Temperature of the Air.
    1892.Decennial Average.Above or below Decennial Average.
  • Page 12
    The subjoined table shews the annual death-rate per 1000 persons living, in each of the last eleven years, in Kensington, in London, and in England and Wales :—
    1892.1891.1890.1889.1888.1887.1886.1885.1884.1883.1882.
  • Page 22
    The subjoined Table shews the deaths from the principal zymotic diseases in 1892, together with the decennial average, etc.
    Disease.Sub-districts.In Hospitals.Total.Decennial average.
    Town.Bromp-ton.Town.Bromp-ton,Uncorrected,Corrected for increase of Population
  • Page 23
    The subjoined Table shews the distribution of deaths in Kensington from the principal diseases of the zymotic class, registered in thirteen four-weekly periods, corresponding with my monthly reports:—
    Report for Four Weeks ended.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Simple Continued Fever.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
  • Page 37
    Scarlet Fever in 1892*
    Date of Report for four weeks endedNo. of Notifications Kensington London.No. of cases admitted to hospitals Kensington London.No of Deaths Censington London.No. of cases in Hospital at the end of 1, the period:
  • Page 40
    Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1892, and Ten Previous Years.
    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.
    Treated at Home.Removed to Hospital.At Home.In Hospitals.At Home.In Hospitals
  • Page 41
    Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1892, and in Ten Previous Years, in Thirteen Four-Weekly Periods.
    The Year.Weeks. 1-4Weeks. 5-8Weeks. 9-12Weeks. 13-16Weeks. 17-20Weeks. 21-24Weeks. 25-28Weeks. 29-32Weeks. 33-36Weeks. 37-40Weeks. 41-44Weeks. 45-48Weeks. 49-52total
  • Page 44
    PARTICULARS WITH REFERENCE TO DIPHTHERIA IN KENSINGTON, IN 1892.
    Set out in Report for Four weeks ended.Total Cases Notified.Cases Notified in North Kensington1Cases Notified in South Kensington.*Cases removed to Hospital fromDeaths in
    North Kensington.South Kensington.North Kensington.South Kensington.
  • Page 57
    Table showing the number of Deaths from Zymotic Diseases in Kensington, and in London, in 1892 Arranged in four-weekly periods.
    Date of Report. For Four Weeks ended.Weeks of the YearKENSINGTON.LONDON.Weeks of the Year.Date of Report. For Four Weeks ended.
    Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Diarrhœa.Typhus & other Continued Fevers.Measles.Whooping-cough.Cholera.Total.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Diarrhœa.Typhus & other Continued Fevers.Measles.Whooping-cough.Cholera.Total.
  • Page 68
    It may be here stated, (the figures having been accidentally omitted at page 11), that the death-rate per 1,000 persons living, at different periods of life, was as follows;—
  • Page 69
    Summary of Causes of Death.
    DISEASES.Under 1 year.Between 1 year and 60.At 60 and upwards.Total
  • Page 71
    Outlying Public Institutions. — The deaths of parishioners at public institutions, &c. outside the parish, were 236 in number, against 234, 211, and 247, in the preceding three years respectively. In Table III. (Appendix) all of these deaths are included. The deaths occurred in the following institutions, viz.:—
  • Page 75
    The causes of death may be classified as follows:—
  • Page 86
    The following figures, to which I have added per-centages of mortality, show the number of patients who were admitted into the Board's Hospitals, and other particulars with reference to the year 1892 :—
    Admissions.Discharges.Deaths.Case-mortality per-cent.
  • Page 88
    Cases of Infectious Disease notified in 1892, under the provisions of the Public Health (L ondon ) Act , 1891.
    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.Cholera.Totals.Enumerated Population (un revised) 1891.
  • Page 90
    Table Showing the Admissions and Deaths of Patients and Mortality per cent. at the Managers' SMALLPOX HOSPITALS during each year since the opening of the first Hospital on the 1st December, 1870, together with the Annual Mortality per 1,000 Persons living of the Population of the Metropolis from Smallpox, extracted from the Registrar-General's Annual Summaries.
    YEAR.ADMISSIONS.DEATHS.Mortality per cent. of Patients treated in Managers' Hospitals.Annual Mortality per 1,000 of estimated Population.
    Smallpox.Other Disease.Total.Smallpox.Other Disease.Total.SmallpoxSmallpox.
  • Page 91
    Table Showing the Admissions and Deaths of Patients and Mortality per cent, at the FEVER HOSPITALS of the Metropolitan Asylumns Board during each Year since 1870, together with the Annual Mortality per 1,000 persons living of the Population of the Metropolis from Scarlet Typhus, and Enteric Fevers and Diphtheria, extracted from the Registrar.General's Annual Summaries.
    YEAR.ADMISSIONS.DEATHS.Mortality per cent, of Patients treated in Managers' Hospitals.Annual Mortality per 1,000 of estimated Population.
    Scarlet.DiphtheriaTyphus.Enteric.Other Diseases.Total.Scarlet.DiphtheriaTyphus.Enteric.Other Diseases.Total.Relapsing Fever.DiphtheriaTyphus.Enteric.Scarlet.DiphtheriaTyphus.Enteric.
  • Page 114
    Table shewing Admissions of Small-Pox, "Fever," and Diphtheria Patients at the Asylums Board Hospitals in 1892, and Population of the several Parishes, and Unions.
    Parishes, Unions.Small-Pox.Total.Scarlet Fever.Total.Enteric Fever.Total.Diphtheria.Total.Grand Total Small-Pox, Fever, and Diphtheria.Population in 1891.
    1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.
  • Page 115
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 116
    Total Notifications in London:
    Year.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Relapsing Fever.Total.
  • Page 117
    Table shewing the number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified in Kensington, and in London, in 1892, Arranged in four-weekly periods.
    Date of Report. For Four Weeks ended.Weeks of the YearKENSINGTON.LONDON,Weeks of the Year,Date of Report. For Four Weeks ended
    Small-pox.Scarlet Fever,Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.
  • Page 164
    Return shewing the number of Common Lodging Houses in the Parish of Kensington, and the number of persons of each sex for which the several houses are registered.
    Sanitary District.Name of Keeper.Address of Common Lodging House.No. of Single Lodgers for which registered.No. of Double Beds Authorized.
    Male.Female.Total.
  • Page 197
    1. With respect to Illuminating Power. The maximum, minimum, and average illuminating power, in standard sperm candles, the statutory standard being 16 candles, was as follows:-
    Maximum.Minimum.Average.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Maximum.Minimum.Average.
  • Page 204
    TABLE I. Shewing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, in 1892, and in the ten preceding years : gross numbers.
    The Year,Estimated Population1No. of Inhabited Houses,†Marriages.Registered Births,Deaths.
    Total, all AgesUnder One Year,Under Five Years,‡In Public Institutions,§
  • Page 205
    TABLE II. Shewing the Annual Birth-rate and Death-rate; Death-rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions, in 1,000 Deaths, for the year 1892, and the preceding ten years.
    The Year.Birth-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under one year ; per 1,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under one year ; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under five years ; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions ; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.
  • Page 206
    Table lla. The following Table (which should have been inserted at page 6), shows the relative Number of Persons of each Sex at the Census of 1891, grouped according to Age, (a) in the Entire Parish, (b) in the Kensington Town Sub-District, and (c) in the Brompton Sub-District. (a) ENTIRE PARISH.
    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 9595 and upwards.All Ages.
  • Page 207
    TABLE III. Deaths registered from all causes in the year 1892. (Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Parish, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions, etc,, without the Parish.) For a Summary of this Table see Table Ilia.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total All Ages.SUB-DiSTRICTS.
    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.
  • Page 209
    TABLE IlIa . Summary of Table III., shewing the number of deaths of Parishioners in each Class and Order.
    I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES—
    No. of Deaths.
  • Page 210
    TABLE IV. Shewing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1892, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes : also the number of Deaths of Infants, under one year of age, from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 Births, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    Division I. (Adults).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population at all ages..Deaths per 1ooo of Total Deaths, at all ages.
  • Page 211
    TABLE V. Shewing the Number of Deaths from the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class in the ten years 1882.91, and in the year 1892.
    Diseases.1882.1883.1884.1885.1886.1887.1888.1889.1890.1891.Annual Average of ten years 1882-91.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in ten years 1882-91.Deaths in 1892.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1892.
  • Page 212
    TABLE VI. Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1892—93.
    Sanitary Districts.1No. 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 Receptacles.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
    Notices issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.Constructed, Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Constructed, Repaired, &c.Supplied with Water.Soil-pipes Ventilated.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, etc.Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.††Removal of Accumulations of Dung ment Water, Animal and other Refuse.Animals removed, being improperly keRegularly Inspected.Legal Proceedings, i.e.,, Summonses.
    Bakehouses.Licensed Cowsheds.Licensed Slaughter-Houses.
  • Page 214 215
    TABLE VIa. Summary of Monthly Returns of Work de by the Sanitary Inspectors in the year 1892-93.
    Date of Report.Houses Inspected.Mews Inspected.*Slaughter-houses Inspected.Cohouses Inected.Bakehouses Inspected.Offensive Trades Inspected.Sanitary Notices Issued.Date of Report.
    District.District.District.District.District.District.District.
    N.N. E.N.Wc.S.E.s.w.N.N.E.N.Wc.S.E.s.w.N.N.EN.Wc.S.E.S.WN.N.E.N.c.S E.s.w.N.N. K.N.Wc.S.E.s.w.N.N.E.N.Wc.S. E.S.W.N.N.E.N.Wc.S. E.s.w.
  • Page 217
    TABLE VII. Shewing the Death-rate per 1000 persons living; the Annual Rate per 1000 from the principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class; and the proportion of Deaths from these Diseases to total Deaths, in Kensington and in all London, in 1892, and in the preceding ten years.
    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.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 218
    TABLE VIII. Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in all London, and in Kensington, in 1892.
    Annual Death-rate per 1000 living, from all causes.Annual Death-rate per 1000 living, from seven principal Zymotic diseases.Per-centage of Deaths under 1 year to Births RegisteredPER-CKNTAGE OF DEATHS TO TOTAL DEATHS.
    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.*Uncertified.
  • Page 219 220
    TABLE VIIIA. Shewing List of Streets and Places from which cases of Infectious Disease were notified, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the year 1892. The Registration Sub-Districts are Kensington Town (K T), and Brompton (B).
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.
  • Page 223 224
    TABLE IX. Shewing the Localities in which fatal cases of the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic class occurred in 1892.
    Locality.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.Locality.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
    Enteric.Simple ContinuedEnteric.Simple Continued
  • Page 225
    TABLE X. Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose births were Registered in 1891.*
    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
    Column 10 Successfully vaccinatedColumn 11.Column 13 Dead, Un-vacci-nated.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 Vaccination."Had Small-pox"
  • Page 226
    SOUTH OF UXBRIDGE ROAD.
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.
  • Page 227
    SOUTH OF UXBRIDGE ROAD.
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.