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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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The Births were, Males, 1867 The Deaths were, Males, 1379
Females, 1851 Females, 1503
Total Births, 3718 Total Deaths, 2882
2882 Deaths
836 Excess of Births over Deaths.
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. | ||||
| Jan. 30 | 37 .2 | 20.5 | + 16.7 | 36.0 | 38.4 | —2.4 |
| Feb. 27 | 20.6 | 18.4 | + 2.2 | 39.1 | 39.4 | —0.3 |
| March 26 | 18.1 | 18.7 | —o.6 | 37.0 | 39.8 | — 2.8 |
| April 23 | 16'.2 | 17.7 | —1.5 | 46.1 | 45.O | +1.1 |
| May 21 | 17.3 | 16.3 | + 1.0 | 49.8 | 50.2 | —0.4 |
| June 18 | 15.8 | 15.9 | —0.1 | 59.1 | 56.9 | + 2.2 |
| July 16 | 16.1 | 14.8 | +1.3 | 60.4 | 61.5 | —1.1 |
| August 13 | 14.5 | I5.9 | —1.4 | 59'.3 | 61.4 | —2.1 |
| Sept. 10 | 13.3 | 14.2 | —0.9 | 59.7 | 59.6 | + o.1 |
| Oct. 8 | 11.9 | 12.8 | —0.9 | 54.3 | 55.o | —0.7 |
| 14.4 | 15.2 | —o.8 | 45 .3 | 48.0 | ||
| 13.1 | i6.9 | -3.8 | 43.9 | 43 .0 | + 0.9 | |
| 18.o | —2.9 | 36.2 | 38.4 | |||
| Averages, whole year | 17.2 | 16.7 | 48.1 | 49.o | ||
DEATH-RATES IN LONDON, ENGLAND AND
WALES, &c.
Before entering upon details with respect to the causes
of death in Kensington, I may mention, by way of comparison
with our local mortality-rates, that the death-rate in
England and Wales in 1892, was 19 0 per 1000, and was 0 3
per 1,000 below the mean rate in the ten years 1882-91. The
rate in London, as already stated, was 20 6 per 1,000, and was