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births and all still births occurring after the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy to be notified within
thirty-six hours to the Medical Officer of Health of the district in which they occur. The information
supplied under this Act constitutes the starting point of the work of Health Visitors.
During the year, 4,020 births to Kensington mothers were registered, and of this number 3,606,
or 90 per cent. have been notified in accordance with the requirements of the Act. The number of
stillbirths notified was 143.

DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during the year was 2,436, but this does not
represent the true mortality among the population and, in order to obtain the corrected number
of deaths which does so represent the true mortality, it is necessary to add the deaths of
Kensington "residents" occurring beyond the district to the number registered as actually
occurring in the Borough, and to subtract from the total thus arrived at the deaths of "nonresidents"
taking place in the institutions provided in Kensington for the reception of sick or
infirm persons.
Total deaths registered in the Borough 2,436
Deaths of residents in public institutions, etc., beyond the Borough 510
2,946
Deaths of non-residents in public institutions, etc., within the
Borough 753
Corrected number of deaths belonging to the Borough 2,193
The corrected number of deaths gives a death-rate of 13.4 per 1,000 living.