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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 1924
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1924
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The following table indicates the source of notification and the kinds of births notified.
| Source of Notification. | Number of Births Notified. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Still Births. | Live Births. | Total Births. | |
| Number notified by Midwives | 88 | 1501 | 1,589 |
| „ „ „ Parents | 5 | 106 | 111 |
| „ „ „ Medical Practitioners | 25 | 466 | 491 |
| „ „ „ Other Persons | 14 | 274 | 288 |
| Births in the Borough | 82 | 2,847 | 2,429 |
| Notified from Institutions outside the Borough | 16 | 397 | 418 |
| Total | 98 | 2,744 | 2,842 |
During the year, the Council took legal proceedings against a medical practitioner for
failing to notify a birth in accordance with the Notification of Births Act and the Magistrates
imposed a fine of 10/. with 10/6 costs.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during the year was 2,758, 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 2,758
Deaths of residents in public institutions, etc., beyond the Borough 486
3,244
Deaths of non.residents in public institutions, etc., within the
Borough 912
Corrected number of deaths belonging to the Borough 2,332
The corrected number of deaths gives a death.rate of 13.0 per 1,000 living.
Table showing the number of deaths and the death.rates in England and Wales, London, Kensington and the various districts in the Borough in 1924, and the rates for the previous five years:—
| District. | 1924. | Death.rates in previous years. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths. | Death.rate. | 1923. | 1922. | 1921. | 1920. | 1919. | |
| England and Wales | 473,270 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 13.7 |
| London | 55,926 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 13.6 |
| The Borough | 2,332 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 15.2 |
| North Kensington | 1,315 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 14.3 | 16.6 |
| South Kensington | 968 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 13.2 |
| Wards. | |||||||
| St. Charles | 298 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.8 | 14.6 | 13.3 | 15.3 |
| Golborne | 361 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 13.9 | 17.5 |
| Norland | 383 | 12.5 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 17.3 |
| Pembridge | 273 | 13.4 | 10.3 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 16.1 |
| Holland | 232 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 12.7 |
| Earl's Court | 258 | 14.1 | 11.4 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 15.9 |
| Queen's Gate | 129 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 9.0 | 10.5 |
| Redcliffe | 230 | 11.3 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 13.6 | 14.7 |
| Brompton | 119 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 10.7 |
| Ward Unknown | 49 | ||||||