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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE VIII. Births and Deaths in Kensington ; Birth-rates and Death-rates ; and Infantile Mortality 1881-1910 in Kensington and London.
| Number of Births. | Birth Rate per 1,000 living. | Number of Deaths. | Death Rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths under One Year. | Deaths under One Year per 1,000 Births. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | |||
| 1881-1885 | 21,883 | 26.1 | 34.3 | 13,438 | 16.4 | 21.0 | 3,211 | 150 | 150 |
| 1886-1890 | 19,428 | 23.5 | 32.2 | 13,816 | 16.7 | 200 | 3,060 | 157 | 154 |
| 1891-1895 | 18,512 | 220 | 30.9 | 14,235 | 16.9 | 20.2 | 3,105 | 167 | 156 |
| 1896-1900 | 18,665 | 21.6 | 29.6 | 14,075 | 16.3 | 18.8 | 3,203 | 172 | 163 |
| 1901-1910 | 35,062 | 200 | — | 24,917 | 14.8 | — | 4,644 | 132 | — |
The above rates from 1891—1910 have been obtained by dividing the total deaths registered in the periods shown, by
the sum of the populations assumed to have been present in Kensington in the middle of each year in the corresponding period
The figure resulting has been multiplied by 1,000.
round number 176,600 as compared with the census figure 176,628. Below the populations estimated by this method are given :—
| Census Populations | 1891—166,308 | 1896—170,465 |
| Estimated Population in the middle ot the year | 1891—166,500 | 1896—170,700 |
| 1892—167,340 | 1897—171,880 | |
| 1893—168,180 | 1898—173,0(50 | |
| 1894—169,020 | 1899—174,240 | |
| 1895—169,860 | 1900—175.420 | |
| Total, 1891—1895 840,900 | Total 1896—1900 865,300 | |
| Census Populations | 1901—176,628 | 1911—172,402 |
| Estimated Population in the middle of the year | 1901—176,600 | 1906—174,450 |
| 1902-176,170 | 1907—174,020 | |
| 1903—175,740 | 1908—173,590 | |
| 1904—175,310 | 1909—173,160 | |
| 1905—174,880 | 1910—172,730 | |
| Sum ot Populations 1S01—1910 = 1,746,650 | ||