Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the four weeks, October 11th to November 7th, 1903...

  • Kensington (London, England). Royal Borough.
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[1903]
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    No. XI., 1903. The Royal Borough of Kensington. REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH For the four weeks, October 11th to November 7th, 1903; being the 41st, 42nd,4Srd, and 44th Weeks of the Registration Year, 1903. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough Council, Sir, and Gentlemen 1. I have to report that 270 births (males 152, females 118), and 184 deaths (males 84, Females 100), were registered in the four weeks ended November 7th. Alter making due allowance for increase of population, the births were 10, and the deaths 6 below the numbers registered in the corresponding weeks in the previous ten years. The births were equivalent in an annual rate of 19.7 per 1,000 persons living, or 1.7 per 1,000 below the decennial average (20.4). The deaths were equivalent to an annual rate of 13.4 per 1,000, or 1.5 per 1,000 below the decennial average (14.9). The rate in the successive weeks was 11.7, 12.6, 12.3, and 17.5. The death-rate in the Metropolis was 15.6 per 1,000; 2.2 above the rate in Kensington, and 1.8 below the decennial average ( 17.4). Fifty-two of the deaths of Kensington parishioners were of children under 5 years of age, including 38 under one year. Fifty-three persons died at 60 and upwards. Thirty-two deaths were caused by the diseases of the respiratory organs, including bronchitis 13, and pneumonia 12. The deaths from phthisis were 18, from diseases of the heart 18, and S50—0 1210—500—11-03