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Kensington 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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0.1 above the decennial average, but 0.8 below the rate in each
of the preceding two years.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 18.4 | 17.8 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 16.4 | ||
| London | 21.4 | 21.4 | 18.4 | 19.3 | 20.3 | 20.6 | 20.4 | 20.9 | 20.8 | 21.5 | |
| W. District | 20.8 | 20.5 | 18 .1 | 19.3 | 19.9 | 19.7 | 19.8 | 20. 0 | |||
| North ,, | 20.0 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 17.7 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 19.3 | 19.6 | 19.4 | 19.8 | |
| Central ,, | 26.5 | 24.8 | 20.9 | 22.7 | 23.5 | 23.4 | 22.9 | 23.8 | 23.3 | 24.0 | |
| East ,, | 24.0 | 25.1 | 21.2 | 22.7 | 23.3 | 23.9 | 23. 0 | 23.4 | 24.4 | 25.3 | |
| South ,, | 19.8 | 19.6 | 17.7 | 18. 1 | 19.4 | 19.9 | 19.1 | 20 .2 | 19.8 | 20.8 | |
| England and Wales | 20.2 | 19.5 | l8.2 | 18.1 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 19.2 | 19.7 | 19.6 | 19.6 |
The Registrar-General in his Annual Summary has a
table shewing diminution or excess of deaths in 1892, compared
with annual deaths in 1882-91, corrected for increase of population.
From this we learn that there was a diminution
in the number of deaths from small-pox (viz., 303), scarlet
fever (60), whooping-cough (524), "fever" (362), and diarrhœal
diseases (513). There was a diminution also in deaths, among
other causes, from phthisis and tubercular diseases (933),
diseases of the nervous system (952), and "all other causes"
(796); the total diminution being 4,453, against 14,720,3,762,
and 4,712 in the preceding three years. On the other hand
there was an excess under several heads, including measles
(791), influenza (1945), diphtheria (712), cancer (204), premature
birth (310), diseases of the circulatory system (560), and diseases
of the respiratory system (392); the total excess being 5,172
against 1,496, 5,308 and 8,859 in the preceding three years. The
diminution being deducted from the excess, a balance of excess
and diminution shews a nett excess of 719, in 1892, compared
with 4,147 in 1891, and 1,546 in 1890, and contrasted with a
nett diminution of 13,224 in 1889. This saving of life, in 1889,
was very unequally distributed amongst the several causes.
There were four headings under which the mortality was in