Transcribed from the 1875 J. Wakeham edition by David Price, email
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[Picture: Public domain cover]
THE ANNUAL REPORT
ON
THE HEALTH
OF THE
Parish of St. Mary Abbotts,
KENSINGTON,
DURING THE YEAR
1874.
BY
T. ORME DUDFIELD, M.D.,
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
* * * * *
KENSINGTON:
J. WAKEHAM, PRINTER, 4, BEDFORD TERRACE, CHURCH STREET.
1875.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Prefatory Remarks 5–13
Mortality, higher rate of, in 1874, accounted for 5
Death Rate, Metropolitan and Local 6
Kensington “Registration District”—what it comprises 6
„ Parish of, division into Wards 6
„ Town and Brompton “Sub-registration Districts,” 7
contrast in the vital statistics of
Sexes, relative rate of mortality in the 7
Sub-districts, character of the prevalent fatal diseases in 8
the
Kensington Town, greater fatality of Zymotic, Tubercular 9
and Lung diseases in
Deaths, (whole Parish) numbers of, from classes and orders 9
of diseases
Death Rate and Mean Temperature, monthly record of 10
Scarlet Fever, outbreaks of, supposed to depend on 10
Contamination of Milk
Dysentery and Diarrhœa, supposed to be due to the use of 11
the Milk of diseased Cows
Dairies, undesirable Multiplication of 13
Population 13
Males and Females, ages of, living at the Census, 1871 13
„ great disproportion in the relative numbers of 13
Parish, area of, density of Population, number of inhabited 14
houses, &c.
„ growth of Population: increase in Rateable Value of 14
Property
Marriages and Marriage-rate 14
Births and Birth-rate 15
Deaths and Death-rates of sexes and in Sub-districts 15
Death Rates at all Ages, the true method of calculating 17
„ Special causes of 17
Zymotic Diseases, deaths from 17
Measles, Epidemic of 18
Scarlet Fever 18
Puerperal Mortality 22
Public Institutions, Deaths in 24
Inquests, facts in relation to, requiring explanation 25
Deaths, “not certified” 28
Death, Certificates of the cause of, abuse of 29
Vaccination 30
Meteorology 30
Sanitary Work 31
Boiling offal for pigs’ food, nuisances from 31
Swine, convictions for keeping, on prohibited premises 32
Diseased Animal, conviction for allowing carcase of, in a 32
Licensed Slaughter House
Diseased Animal in slaughter house, no offence under 33
certain circumstances
Blood, Conviction for allowing offensive accumulation of, 33
in a Licensed Slaughter House
Diseased Meat, seizure of 33
Iron Foundry, nuisance at an 33
Slaughter Houses 34
Cow Sheds 38
Bakehouses 39
Dust Removal 39
Water Storage, domestic 40
Mortuary 41
Disinfecting Chamber 42
Baths and Wash-houses 43
Sewer Ventilation 43
Water Supply 44
Gas 49
Mortality, weekly returns of, services of the Sub-district 51
Registrars, in connection with the
Conclusion 51
TABLES, Statistical (Appendix) 55
NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
Being for the year 1874.
_To the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary Abbott’s_, _Kensington_.