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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Kensington 1909

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1909

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VIII.

Table: SUMMARY OF STATISTICS,For the year 1909.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS,For the year 1909.

Population (Estimated)181,500.
Area of Borough in Acres2,291
Density of Population per Acre79
Houses Inhabited25,198
Persons per House7.2
Number of Marriages1,574
Number of Births3,381
Birth Rate18.6
Number of Deaths2,449
Crude Death Rate13.5
Corrected Death Rate14.6
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year379
Infantile Deaths per 1,000 Births112
Deaths from Phthisis168
Phthisis Death Rate0.93
Deaths from the Zymotic Diseases184
Zymotic Death Rate1.01