Report on the health, sanitary condition, &c. of Kensington for the four weeks, May 17th to June 13th, being the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th weeks of the registration year, 1896.

  • Kensington (London, England). Parish. Vestry.
Date:
[1896?]
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Credit: Report on the health, sanitary condition, &c. of Kensington for the four weeks, May 17th to June 13th, being the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th weeks of the registration year, 1896. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    56 2.—Zymotic Diseases.—The deaths from the principal diseases of the zymotic class were 33, and 15 above the corrected decennial average number. In the Metropolis, as a whole, the deaths from these diseases were 1,112, and 301 above the corrected average. Measles.— The deaths from measles were 24, compared with 20, 32, and 45, in the three preceding four-weekly periods respectively, In the Metropolis, as a whole, the deaths from this cause were 443, and 151 above the corrected average. Whooping-Cough.—The deaths from whooping cough were 11, compared with 10, 13, and 19, in the three preceding four-weekly periods respectively. In the Metropolis, as a whole, the deatli3 from this cause were 321, and 124 above the corrected average. Diarrhoea. —The deaths from diarrhoea were 2. There had been no death from this cause in the three preceding four-weekly periods. In the Metropolis, as a whole, the deaths from this cause were 61, and 24 below the corrected average. Enteric Fever.—Two cases of enteric fever were recorded in North Kensington, both of which were treated at home. There was no death from this cause, compared with 0, 0, and 1 in the three preceding four-weekly periods. In the Metropolis, as a whole, the deaths from this cause were 22, and 11 below the corrected average. There were 83 cases in the Asylums Board Hospitals on the 13th inst., compared with 78, 77, and 81, on March 21st, April 18th, and May 16th; and 53 cases were admitted in the four weeks, compared with 30, 50, and 53 in the three preceding four-weekly periods. The notifications of cases were 162, compared with 144, 144, and 190, in the three preceding four-weekly periods. Scarlet Fever.—Sixty-nine cases of scarlet fever were recorded (45 in North Kensington and 24 in South Kensington), of which 52 (36 in North Kensington and 16 in South Kensington) were removed to hospital. There was 1 death from this cause, compared with 5, 1, and 2, in the three preceding four-weekly periods. The death occurred in hospital, and was of a North Ken sington person. In the Metropolis, as a whole, the deaths from this cause were 66 (3 below the corrected average), compared with 72, 65, and 50, in the three preceding four-weekly periods. There were 2,781 cases in the Asylums Board and London Fever Hospitals on the 13th inst., compared with 2,773, 2,527, and 2,539, on
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