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Kensington 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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the Public Health Department. Mr. Hunt, one of the Council's
sanitary inspectors, was lent to the former department to
supervise certain duties, and progress was satisfactorily
maintained.
The Council's civil defence medical services,
which are controlled by the Public Health Department, carried
out their duties satisfactorily. Light rescue party men and
first aid post personnel have given valuable help in the
work of disinfection, rat destruction, day nurseries, etc.
The public health staff, both permanent and
temporary, have worked extremely well during the year under
difficult conditions, and they are grateful for the support
given by the Mayor, the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the
Public Health Committee and all the members of the Council.
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1942
| Area of Borough 2,291 acres | No. of deaths 1,595 |
| Rateable Value £2,983,521 | Death rate 16.0 |
| Product of ld. rate £8,950 | No. of infant deaths 97 |
| Population (estimated) 99,310 | (a) legitimate 87 |
| Density of population per acre 43 | (b) illegitimate 10 |
| Infant Mortality rate:- | |
| No. of inhabited houses 30,506 | (a) All infants per 1,000 births 65 |
| Total live births 1,487 | |
| (a) legitimate 1,280 | (b) Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births 68 |
| (b) illegitimate 207 | |
| Birth rate 15.0 | (c) Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births 48 |
| Total still births 27 | No. of maternal deaths 6 |
| (a) legitimate 23 | Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total live and still births 3.9 |
| (b) illegitimate 4 | |
| Still birth-rate per 1,000 live births 18.1 | Zymotic disease death rate 0.37 A |