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No. III., 1903.
The Royal Borough of Kensington.
REPORT
OF
THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the four weeks, March 1st to March 28th, 1903;
being the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Weeks of the Registration Year, 1903.
COUNCIL.
Sir, and Gentlemen,
1. I have to report that 269 births (males 140, females 129), and
215 deaths (males 95, females 120), were registered in the four
weeks ended March 28th. After making due allowance for increase
of population, the births were 29 and the deaths 53 below the
numbers registered in the corresponding weeks in the previous ten
years. The births were equivalent to an annual rate of 19.6 per
1.000 persons living, or 1.9 per 1,000 below the decennial average
(21.5). The deaths were equivalent to an annual rate of 15.7 per
1,000, or 3.9 per 1,000 below the decennial average (19.6). The
rate in the successive weeks was 11.7, 19.9, 16.7, and 14.6. The
death-rate in the Metropolis was 16.6 per 1,000; 0.9 above the rate
in Kensington, and 5.4 below the decennial average (22.0). Sixtyeight
of the deaths of Kensington parishioners were of children
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