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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 1915
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1915
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS,
For the year 1915.
Population (Estimated)
171,100.
Area of Borough in Acres
2,291
75
Density of Population per Acre
27,919
Houses Inhabited
Persons per House
6-1
Number of Marriages
2,126
Number of Births
3,074
Birth Rate
18.0
Number of Deaths
2,651
Crude Death Rate
15.5
15.4
Standardised Death Rate
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year
365
Infantile Deaths per 1,000 Births
119
Deaths from Phthisis
184
Phthisis Death Rate
1.08
Deaths from the Zymotic Diseases
260
Zymotic Death Rate
1.52