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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
Kingston upon Thames 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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TABLE B.
Death Rates. Comparison of Town and Country Districts.
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLAND AND WALES— Population 30,394,087 | Ten years' average, 1885—1894. | 21.7 | 18.5 | 16.7 | 18.6 | 18.9 |
| TOWN DISTRICTS— Population 20,550,953 | 22.3 | 19.2 | 17.0 | 19.8 | 19.8 | |
| COUNTRY DISTRICTS— Population 9,843,125 | 20.8 | 17.3 | 14.5 | 16.7 | 17.3 | |
| KINGSTON, 1878.81 | Figures | not | available. | 17.03 | ||
| KINGSTON, 1893.96 | 18.84 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 15.2 | 15.6 | |
| Death rates of Kingston compared. | ||||||
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. | ||
| 1883.92, average population 25,000 | not | available. | 16.99 | |||
| 1893 „ „ 28,436 | 21.8 | 17.4 | 16.2 | 16.4 | 17.9* | |
| 1894 „ „ 29,127 | 17.03 | 13.5 | 11.9 | 14.2 | 14.2* | |
| 1895 „ „ 30,050 | 23.4 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 16.3* | |
| 1896 „ „ 31,089 | 13.1 | 11.06 | 14.6 | 16.5 | 14.1* | |
* Deaths in Brookwood, &c., omitted.
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