[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington].

  • Kensington (London, England). Parish. Vestry.
Date:
[1858?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5 Dec Number of Days on which Thunder and Lightning prevailed, and on which the Wind was brisk, for Twenty Years, ending 1856, Jan. Feb. March April. May. June. July. Aug. Septr. octr. Novr. Thunder and Lightning 10 0 3 22 29 45 45 37 26 10 10 Brisk Winds 51 56 86 50 44 28 28 29 41 53 53; 58 Aurora Borealis „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ 2 1 2 „ Prevailing Winds—Number of Days in each Month for Twenty Years, ending 1856. MONTH. North. South. East. West. N. East. N. West. S. East. S. West. Calms. Comparative Mortality of the Gentry and Paupers with the Population generally. Near Age at Death. Geny. W. CI. In 1000 January 39 37 70 105 104 62 35 161 9 Islington 42 49 19 February 28 40 80 68 65 72 32 178 Kensington 45 44 19 March 41 42 85 88 95 58 27 182 2 St. Geo. Hnr. Sq. 45 51 18 April 49 38 94 72 109 70 19 145 4 St. James' Westr. 42 58 22 May 50 29 133 64 86 30 22 184 4 Mary-le bone 46 42 24 June 38 33 42 87 50 61 26 253 i! Chelsea 45 45 26 July 28 42 38 124 49 59 21 253 5 Bethnal Green 46 49 26 August 26 39 64 108 60 55 20 246 2 Newington 44 51 26 September 23 49 68 101 57 40 33 215 Greenwich 48 62 27 October 36 44 50 89 67 74 27 227 6 Rotherhithe 49 56 28 November 23 40 67 99 75 58 30 192 15 Whitechapel 47 61 29 December 46 40 56 110 67 55 27 207 12 St.Geo.Southwk. 43 53 30 Registrar General's Division. This Table Relates to the Kensington District. From a Paper by Mr. Chadwick, in the Statistical Society's Journal. Mean Age at Death in Sixteen of the most condensed Alleys, Stn in Kensington, and the like Number at Brompton 1856 Mean Age at Death. Mean Age at Death. KENSINGTON, a little under 16. BROMPTON, a little above 22. *** This Table shews the same fact—overcrowding influencing the general mortality.