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

by T. Orme Dudfield

Transcribed from the 1875 J. Wakeham edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

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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, accountedfor		[5]
Death Rate, Metropolitan and Local		[6]
Kensington “RegistrationDistrict”—what it comprises		[6]
„	Parish of, division into Wards	[6]
„	Town and Brompton “Sub-registrationDistricts,” contrast in the vital statistics of	[7]
Sexes, relative rate of mortality in the		[7]
Sub-districts, character of the prevalentfatal diseases in the		[8]
Kensington Town, greater fatality of Zymotic,Tubercular and Lung diseases in		[9]
Deaths, (whole Parish) numbers of, fromclasses and orders of diseases		[9]
Death Rate and Mean Temperature, monthlyrecord of		[10]
Scarlet Fever, outbreaks of, supposed todepend on Contamination of Milk		[10]
Dysentery and Diarrhœa, supposed to bedue to the use of the Milk of diseased Cows		[11]
Dairies, undesirable Multiplication of		[13]
Population		[13]
Males and Females, ages of, living at theCensus, 1871		[13]
„	great disproportion in the relative numbers of	[13]
Parish, area of, density of Population, numberof inhabited houses, &c.		[14]
„	growth of Population: increase in Rateable Value ofProperty	[14]
Marriages and Marriage-rate		[14]
Births and Birth-rate		[15]
Deaths and Death-rates of sexes and inSub-districts		[15]
Death Rates at all Ages, the true method ofcalculating		[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, requiringexplanation		[25]
Deaths, “not certified”		[28]
Death, Certificates of the cause of, abuseof		[29]
Vaccination		[30]
Meteorology		[30]
Sanitary Work		[31]
Boiling offal for pigs’ food, nuisancesfrom		[31]
Swine, convictions for keeping, on prohibitedpremises		[32]
Diseased Animal, conviction for allowingcarcase of, in a Licensed Slaughter House		[32]
Diseased Animal in slaughter house, no offenceunder certain circumstances		[33]
Blood, Conviction for allowing offensiveaccumulation of, in a Licensed Slaughter House		[33]
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 theSub-district Registrars, in connection with the		[51]
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.