The Annual Report on the Health of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, during the year 1874

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TABLE IV.

Showing Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1874, viz.—

Diseases. Total Deaths. Deaths per 1000 Proportion of of Population. Deaths to 1000 Deaths. 1. Seven 388 2.8 144 Principal Zymotic Diseases 2. Pulmonary 554 4.0 208 (_other than Phthisis_) 3. Tubercular 326 2.3 121 4. Wasting 209 1.5 77 Diseases of Infants (_under_ 5). 5. Convulsive 161 1.1 59 Diseases of Infants (_under_ 5).

NOTES.

1. Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Fever and Diarrhœa.

3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.

4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and Premature Birth.

5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions and Teething.

TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years 1864–1873, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1874, &c.

Disease. 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 Annual Proportion 1874 Proportion Average 10 of Deaths of Deaths years, to 1000 to 1000 1864–1873. Deaths in Deaths in 10 years, 1874. 1864–1873. Smallpox 5 18 10 29 4 6 8 120 68 1 26.9 12.5 121 45 Measles 100 52 40 19 84 27 70 64 43 38 53.7 25.3 32 11.8 Scarlet 90 31 28 35 170 106 198 95 29 10 79.2 37.1 26 9.6 Fever Diphtheria Not separately registered. 9 14 11 14 11 5.9 2.7 Whooping 56 37 28 68 34 71 55 72 77 44 54.2 25.3 45 16.7 Cough Fever 60 77 33 46 52 42 46 48 42 41 48.7 22.8 52 19.3 Diarrhœa 63 104 112 78 113 108 154 129 110 145 111.6 52.3 112 41.6 TOTAL, 374 319 251 275 457 369 545 539 383 290 380.2 178.0 388 144 KENSINGTON TOTAL, 16,029 14,272 14,761 11,660 14,925 17,413 16,476 19,455 12,699 11,385 14,907 198 11,230 147 London. TOTAL. 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1862–71 1872 1872 1872 England & Wales 1862–1871 {60} 73,220 98,490 96,279 92,030 82,692 72,587 97,352 90,380 100,497 103,801 90,732 188 91,743 188

TABLE VI.

Inspectors’ Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year ended March 25th, 1875.

Sub-Districts. No. of No. of Houses Results of Inspection. House Drains. Privies and W.C.’s. Dust Bins. Water Supply. Miscellaneous. Complaints and Premises, received during &c., inspected. the year. Orders issued Houses and Houses Repaired, Trapped or Repaired, Supplied with New provided. New provided. Repaired, Cisterns (new) Cisterns No. of Lodging No. of Dust Removal of Removal of Regularly Inspected Other for Sanitary Premises, &c., Disinfected Cleansed, &c. Ventilated. Cleansed, &c. Water. Covered, &c. erected. Cleansed, Houses Complaints accumulations of Animals Proceedings, Amendments of Cleansed, after Infectious Repaired and registered under received and Dung, Stagnant improperly kept. _e.g._ Legal Houses and Repaired and Diseases. Covered. 35th Clause of attended to. Water, Animal Proceedings. Premises. Whitewashed. Sanitary Acts, and other 1866. {62} Refuse. Bakehouses. Licensed Licensed Cowhouses. Slaughterhouses. North. 820 3229 818 567 40 207 76 163 69 .4 20 25 5 38 ... 2560 64 46 60 18 32 82 South. 662 4057 664 496 28 235 59 178 53 2 11 19 3 37 ... 3331 51 12 48 18 22 18 Total. 1482 7286 1477 1063 68 442 135 341 122 6 31 44 8 75 ... 5891 115 58 108 36 54 100

TABLE VIa.

Summary of Monthly Returns of Sanitary Work performed by the Inspectors.

Date of Houses Inspected. Mews Inspected. Slaughter Cowsheds Bakehouses Offensive Sanitary Orders Letters &c. Complaints of Orders issued for Report. Inspected. Inspected. issued. Received _re_ non-removal of the removal of Dust Dust. Dust. North South North South North South North South North South North South North South North South North South North South May 6, 388 532 48 72 11 14 13 14 15 8 9 0 65 88 136 258 15 95 302 601 1874 June 3 360 475 42 61 7 16 19 14 14 23 11 0 61 31 161 222 14 64 294 528 „ July 1 416 520 58 75 18 14 12 10 14 9 10 1 39 86 208 193 26 42 312 335 „ July 29 314 337 48 69 16 8 14 14 13 12 16 0 81 32 187 189 31 36 254 360 „ Aug. 20 219 336 31 74 6 13 3 10 9 19 7 0 37 26 57 88 9 21 87 180 „ Sept. 189 216 22 47 11 9 14 8 10 11 4 0 42 35 69 84 12 10 95 106 23 „ Oct. 21 176 240 32 60 42 32 31 32 9 7 9 0 53 42 109 91 5 6 172 209 „ Nov. 18 225 364 36 62 14 7 12 9 13 16 10 2 48 61 150 121 22 19 210 231 „ Dec. 16 238 285 48 65 9 3 11 8 10 7 13 2 71 80 214 186 46 63 307 377 „ Jan. 185 202 30 37 10 6 11 9 16 12 3 0 59 32 345 372 69 66 565 635 13, 1875 Feb. 10 207 198 36 43 12 8 9 9 12 11 13 0 70 72 393 446 51 67 553 839 „ Mar. 10 186 214 24 22 8 7 9 6 12 10 14 0 67 55 293 622 18 96 392 1021 „ April 7 126 138 16 14 8 7 5 9 12 12 8 0 63 42 238 459 39 68 325 887 „ Totals. 3229 4057 471 701 172 144 163 152 159 157 127 7 756 682 2560 3331 357 653 3868 6309

TABLE VII.

Showing the Death rate per 1,000 living; the annual rate of Mortality per 1,000 living from seven Zymotic Diseases; and the proportion of Deaths from these Diseases to the total Deaths in Kensington and in all London in 1874, and in the ten years, 1864–73.

The Year. Deaths per 1000 living. Total Deaths Annual rate of Proportion of Deaths from Mortality per to 1,000 Deaths from seven seven 1,000 living from seven Zymotic diseases. Zymotic Zymotic diseases. diseases, Kensington. Kensington. London. Kensington. London. Kensington. London. 1864 21.4 26.5 374 4.3 5.4 204 204 1865 19.0 24.5 319 3.5 4.7 185 196 1866 20.4 26.4 259 2.6 4.8 133 185 1867 19.0 23.0 276 2.7 3.7 142 166 1868 21.0 23.6 457 4.2 4.7 208 200 1869 20.2 24.6 369 3.3 5.5 164 227 1870 21.2 24.1 545 4.6 5.1 222 213 1871 19.1 24.7 542 4.4 6.0 233 242 1872 17.0 21.4 390 3.0 3.8 181 179 1873 18.3 22.5 290 2.1 3.3 119 149 AVERAGE OF 19.6 24.1 382 3.4 4.7 179 196 TEN YEARS 1874 19.5 22.5 388 2.8 3.3 144 147

TABLE VIII.

Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in all London and in Kensington, in 53 weeks, ended 2nd January, 1875.

LOCALITY. Annual Death Annual Death Per centage Per Centage of Deaths to Total Deaths. Rate per 1000 Rate of Deaths Living from per 1000 under 1 year all causes. Living to Births from Registered. principal Zymotic Diseases. Under 1 year At 60 years From 7 From Registered Registered in of age. of Zymotic Violence. upon large age and Diseases. information Public upwards. of the Institutions. Coroner (Inquests.) London 22.5 3.3 15.5 24.6 21.6 14.7 3.6 7.2 17.2 Kensington 19.5 2.8 17.5 28.5 21.7 14.4 1.8 6.4 13.1

TABLE IX.

Shewing the Principal Localities in which of the chief Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1874.