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No. XI., 1903.
The Royal Borough of Kensington.
REPORT
OF
THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the four weeks, October 11th to November 7th, 1903;
being the 41st, 42nd,4Srd, and 44th Weeks of the Registration Year, 1903.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough
Council,
Sir, and Gentlemen
1. I have to report that 270 births (males 152, females 118), and
184 deaths (males 84, Females 100), were registered in the four weeks
ended November 7th. Alter making due allowance for increase of
population, the births were 10, and the deaths 6 below the
numbers registered in the corresponding weeks in the previous ten
years. The births were equivalent in an annual rate of 19.7 per 1,000
persons living, or 1.7 per 1,000 below the decennial average (20.4).
The deaths were equivalent to an annual rate of 13.4 per 1,000, or
1.5 per 1,000 below the decennial average (14.9). The rate in the
successive weeks was 11.7, 12.6, 12.3, and 17.5. The death-rate in
the Metropolis was 15.6 per 1,000; 2.2 above the rate in Kensington,
and 1.8 below the decennial average ( 17.4). Fifty-two of the deaths
of Kensington parishioners were of children under 5 years of
age, including 38 under one year. Fifty-three persons died at 60 and
upwards. Thirty-two deaths were caused by the diseases of the
respiratory organs, including bronchitis 13, and pneumonia 12. The
deaths from phthisis were 18, from diseases of the heart 18, and
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