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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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satisfactory provision is made by rescue workers; but for the majority the Council's Health Visitors
are unable to obtain such assistance other than that granted by the Poor Law Authorities, which
would be necessary to bring about a material reduction in the illegitimate death rate.
TABLE SHOWING THE BIRTH RATES, DEATH RATES AND INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES IN THE 29 METROPOLITAN CITIES AND BOROUGHS IN 1920.
| Births per 1000 Population. | Deaths per 1000 Population. | Infantile Deaths per 1000 Births. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shoreditch | 36.6 | Hampstead | 9.0 | Hampstead | 48 |
| 2. | Poplar | 34.2 | Wandsworth | 10.0 | Chelsea | 52 |
| 3. | Bethnal Green | 33.7 | Woolwich | 10.4 | Woolwich | 60 |
| 4. | Finsbury | 31.9 | Lewisham | 10.8 | Wandsworth | 62 |
| 5. | Southwark | 31.8 | Paddington | 11.1 | Holborn | 64 |
| 6. | Bermondsey | 31.8 | Hammersmith | 11.2 | Lewisham | 65 |
| 7. | Stepney | 31.2 | Fulham | 11.3 | St. Marylebone | 65 |
| 8. | Deptford | 28.3 | Camberwell | 11.5 | Hammersmith | 65 |
| 9. | Islington | 28.2 | City of Westminster | 11.6 | Lambeth | 67 |
| 10. | Battersea | 28.1 | Chelsea | 11.9 | Camberwell | 70 |
| 11. | Lambeth | 27.8 | Greenwich | 11.9 | City of London | 71 |
| 12. | Fulham | 27.2 | Deptford | 12.0 | Islington | 71 |
| 13. | Hackney | 26.6 | St. Pancras | 12.3 | City of Westminster | 71 |
| 14. | Camberwell | 26.5 | Battersea | 12.3 | Greenwich | 72 |
| 15. | Greenwich | 25.9 | St. Marylebone | 12.5 | St. Pancras | 72 |
| 16. | St. Pancras | 25.4 | Hackney | 12.6 | Fulham | 74 |
| 17. | Woolwich | 24.7 | Stoke Newington | 12.8 | Finsbury | 76 |
| 18. | Hammersmith | 24.5 | Bermondsey | 13.0 | Paddington | 78 |
| 19. | Kensington | 24.3 | Lambeth | 13.0 | Deptford | 79 |
| 20. | Stoke Newington | 23.1 | City of London | 13.3 | Stoke Newington | 80 |
| 21. | Lewisham | 23.1 | Islington | 13.3 | Kensington | 81 |
| 22. | Paddington | 22.8 | Kensington | 13.4 | Hackney | 81 |
| 23. | Chelsea | 22.2 | Stepney | 14.4 | Poplar | 82 |
| 24. | St. Marylebone | 21.6 | Southwark | 14.4 | Battersea | 82 |
| 25. | Holborn | 20.8 | Finsbury | 14.5 | Bermondsey | 84 |
| 26. | Wandsworth | 20.8 | Poplar | 14.6 | Southwark | 86 |
| 27. | Hampstead | 17.1 | Bethnal Green | 14.7 | Stepney | 87 |
| City of Westminster | 16.2 | Holborn | 14.9 | Shoreditch | 91 | |
| 29. | City of London | 12.6 | Shoreditch | 15.4 | Bethnal Green | 95 |
THE PREVALENCE OF DISEASE.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following diseases are compulsorily nolifiable in Kensington:—
Small-pox. Acute Poliomyelitis.
Cholera. Glanders.
Diphtheria. Anthrax.
Membranous Croup. Hydrophobia.
Erysipelas. Tuberculosis.
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever. Influenzal Pneumonia.
Typhus Fever. Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever. Trench Fever.
Relapsing Fever. Malaria.
Continued Fever. Dysentery.
Puerperal Fever. Plague.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever. Acute Polio-Encephalitis.