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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Kensington 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: Table Showing the Admissions and Deaths ofPatientsand Mortality per cent, at the FEVER HOSPITALS of the Metropolitan Asylumns Board during each Year since1870,together with the Annual Mortality per1,000persons living of the Population of the Metropolis from Scarlet Typhus, and Enteric Fevers and Diphtheria, extracted from the Registrar.General's Annual Summaries.

Table Showing the Admissions and Deaths ofPatientsand Mortality per cent, at the FEVER HOSPITALS of the Metropolitan Asylumns Board during each Year since1870,together with the Annual Mortality per1,000persons 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.
1870 (25th fan. to 15th May)............218218............141412.84.........1.880.100.150.30
......(Relapsing Fever.)
1871..............................Scarlet.........0.580.110.120.27
1872 (15 months to 31st Dec., 1872)108...13427934386411...30577016810.78...23.6221.960.280.080.050.24
187392...4013812711,1456...9156582116.55...2.31515.130.190.090.080.27
1874804...5364353592,13489...106638434212.15...19.6214.870.770.120.090.26
18751,182...652992691,815160...16785430813.69...23.3524.681.060.170.040.23
1876671...1392882941,39290...28597124812.13...19.3120.340.650.110.040.22
1877479...1703721861,20754...36793320212.1...23.0722.930.440.090.040.25
1878679...1684842.331,56491...471004027814.34...26.2520.260.490.150.040.28
18791,469...483851962,098211...11743933515.27...21.5619.730.720.150.020.23
18801,949...282482392,464242...6433732812.3...20.6815.630.820.140.020.19
18811,477...2194152112,322168...34864633411.1...16.9521.470.550.170.020.25
18821,850...1485153542,867189...271046038010.37...16.9220.710.520.220.010.25
18831,920...454862692,720234...11746638512.38...21.1515.640.510.240.010.25
18841,845...294931802,547234...5985539212.27...20.0018 820.360.240.010.23
18851,353...532202291,855130...736462199.47...12.1715.820.180.230.010.15
18861,780...10333742,197151...447222249.04...42.1014.850.170.210.000.15
18875,900...354411616,537489...461596139.54...11.5914.590.360.230.000.15
18884,4089914501945,15250146...72606799.8959.35...14.640.300.320.000.17
18894,518722232902195,772366275641487368.8540.7431.5715.150.190.390.000.1.3
18906,537942164983418,334510316593811,0057.8633.5525.6619.680.210.330.000.15
18915,2621,312187554627,80935739711061029636.6730.635.8814.520.140.320.000.13
189213,0932,0091943072516,2768395832651401,6297.2829.359.7613.200.270.440.00o.io
Totals57,3765,0842,3058,4976,02779,2895,1021,6174771,4921,2859,993
Average Annual Mortality per 1,000 of estimated population of London before the opening of the Managers' Hospitals, extracted from the Registrar.General's Returns:
Scarlet Fever (only obtainable for 1.3 years), 1859 to 1871, both inclusive1.7.........
Typhus Fever (only obtainable for 3 years), 1869 to 1871, both inclusive......0.17...
Enteric Fever ditto ditto ditto ditto.........0.3
Average Annual Mortality per 1,000 of estimated population of London from Scarlet Fever during the past 13 years, and from Typhus and Enteric Fevers during the past 3 years, extracted from the Registrar General's Returns0.39...0.000.12
Increase............
Decrease1.31...0.170.18

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Note.— 1. From the ist December, 1870, to the end of September, 1871, Small-pox cases only were admitted to the Board's Hospitals.
2. The deaths of Fever patients include all cases dying within 48 hours after admission, and also those deaths due to intercurrent maladies.
3. Diphtheria cases have only been admitted into the Managers' Hospitals since the 23rd October, 1888.
4. The Mortality rates of patients in the Managers' Hospitals are calculated according to the Registrar General's formula.