THE ANNUAL REPORT
ON
THE HEALTH
OF THE
Parish of St. Mary Abbotts,
KENSINGTON,
DURING THE YEAR
1874.

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

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Parish of, division into Wards

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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

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Kensington Town, greater fatality of Zymotic,Tubercular and Lung diseases in

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Deaths, (whole Parish) numbers of, fromclasses and orders of diseases

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Death Rate and Mean Temperature, monthlyrecord of

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Scarlet Fever, outbreaks of, supposed todepend on Contamination of Milk

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