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Kensington 1903
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1903
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The True Death-rate of Kensington, 1903.
| Age-Period. | Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both Sexes. | Males. | Females | Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. | Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. | |
| Under five years of age | 14,258 | 7,110 | 7,148 | 768 | 384 | 384 | 53·9 | 54·0 | 53·7 |
| Five and under 15 | 26,098 | 12,692 | 13,406 | 76 | 36 | 40 | 2·9 | 2·8 | 3·0 |
| Fifteen and under 25 | 38,526 | 13,565 | 24,961 | 80 | 31 | 49 | 2·1 | 2·3 | 1·9 |
| Twenty-five and under 35 | 35,245 | 11,580 | 23,665 | 116 | 60 | 56 | 3·3 | 5·2 | 2·4 |
| Thirty-five and under 45 | 25,009 | 9,514 | 15,495 | 205 | 91 | 114 | 8·2 | 9·6 | 7·4 |
| Forty-five and under 55 | 18,313 | 7,275 | 11,038 | 271 | 143 | 128 | 14·8 | 19·6 | 11·6 |
| Fifty-five and under 65 | 11,660 | 4,620 | 7,040 | 293 | 156 | 137 | 25·1 | 33·8 | 19·5 |
| Sixty-five and under 75 | 6,171 | 2,323 | 3,848 | 331 | 139 | 192 | 53·6 | 59·9 | 49·9 |
| Seventy-five and upwards | 2,720 | 941 | 1,779 | 315 | 120 | 195 | 115·8 | 127·5 | 109·6 |
| Totals | 178,000 | 69,620 | 108,380 | 2,455 | 1,160 | 1,295 | |||
The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of deaths of males and females in the borough, and in each of the sub-districts:—
| Kensington Town. | Brompton. | The Borough. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Total. | |||
| 1st quarter | 277 | 309 | 586 | 57 | 74 | 131 | 717 | ||
| 2nd ,, | 197 | 217 | 414 | 56 | 52 | 108 | 522 | ||
| 3rd „ | 227 | 233 | 460 | 41 | 56 | 97 | 557 | ||
| 4th „ | 253 | 285 | 538 | 52 | 69 | 121 | 659 | ||
| 954 | 1,044 | 1,998 | 206 | 251 | 457 | 2,455 | |||
| The Births were, of Males | 1,826 | The Deaths were, of Males | 1,160 | ||||||
| ,, Females | 1,739 | ,, Females | 1,295 | ||||||
| Total Births | 3,565 | Total Deaths | 2,455 | ||||||
| Deduct | 2,455 Deaths | ||||||||
Shows 1,110 excess of Births over Deaths.
During the ten years April 1st, 1891, to March 31st, 1901, the inter-censal period, 31,794
deaths were registered in the borough.
Table A, Appendix II. (page 109) gives the number of deaths and the death-rate for each of
the forty-eight years 1856-1903.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The infantile mortality, or proportion of deaths under one year of age to registered births, is
an important factor in vital statistics. The deaths under one year, which in the three preceding
years had been 641, 581 and 515 respectively, were 510 in 1903, being equivalent to 143 per 1,000
births, and 5 per 1,000 fewer than in 1902.
In the Town sub-district the deaths under one year (461) were equivalent to 152 per 1,000
births, those in Brompton (49) to 92 per 1,000.
The infantile deaths in North Kensington, after distribution of the deaths at the Borough
Infirmary, were 411, or 158 per 1,000; the deaths in South Kensington 99, or 103 per 1,000.