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Kensington 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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90
Admissions to Hospitals.—The subjoined Tables
show the magnitude and the growth of the work of the
Board. The contrast between the large numbers of cases of
small-pox dealt with by the Managers in bygone years
and the small number admitted to the hospitals in the last
seven years is striking. The increase in scarlet fever and
other cases admitted to the " fever" hospitals since 1889, compared
with previous year, is not less striking. The decrease
in small-pox admissions is due to London's immunity from
epidemic prevalence of the disease, the increase in the other
diseases being largely the result of notification.

Table: 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 per1,000Persons living of the Population of the Metropolis from Smallpox, extracted from the Registrar-General's Annual Summaries.

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 per1,000Persons 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.
1st Dec., 1870, to 3rd Feb., 1871582...58297...9720.81...
1871-2 (4th Feb., 1871, to 31st13,139613,1452,460...2,46018.952.42
Jan., 1872)
1872.3 (year ended 31st Jan., 1873)2,35932,362467146817.840.54
1873.4 (year ended 31st Jan., 1874)1741719135...3517.020.03
1874 (11 months ended 31st Dec.)112812010...100.02
1875892211122...220.01
18762,134162,150372137321.640.21
18776,5161046,6201,21441,21817.920.71
18784,558964,654824983317.990.39
18791,628601,688273527815.690.12
18801,982502,032286228815.950.12
18818,5511208,6711,417141,43116.610.62
18821,799551,854260326312.960.11
18835982862693...9316.060.03
18846,3632046,567940394315.980.31
18856,1461986,3441,05231,05515.80.35
188699331322222414.280.01
1887563593...30.00
1888625678...80.00
18895...5............
1890225273...30.00
1891631648...80.00
18923252334835...3511.290.01
Totals57,3621,05758,4199,901479,94817.1...
Average annual mortality per 1,000 of estimated population of London during the 19 years] (1853 to 1870 inclusive) before the opening of the Managers' Hospitals, extracted from the Registrar-General's Returns0.26
Average annual mortality per 1,000 of estimated population of London during the past 19 years (1873 to 1892 inclusive), extracted from Registrar-General's Returns0.15
Increase
Decrease0.11