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Kensington 1926

The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926

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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
For the year 1926.
Population 180,000
Area of Borough in Acres 2,291
Density of Population per Acre 78
Separate Houses or Self-contained Flats Inhabited 30,574
Separately occupied tenements in the Borough according to the Census
of 1921. (This number represents families or households separately
occupying their own rooms in 1921) 43,001
No. of mews dwellings 2,091
Houses intended for one family only, which are now occupied (without
having been specially adapted) by two or more families 5,690
Persons per House 5.9
Number of Marriages 1,743
Number of Births 2,717
Birth Rate 15.1
Number of Deaths 2,305
Death Rate 12.8
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year 164
Infantile Death Rate per 1,000 Births 60
Maternal Mortality:—
Deaths of Women from Diseases or Accidents associated
with Childbirth 9
Maternal Death Rate 3.3
Deaths from Phthisis 130
Phthisis Death Rate 0.72
Deaths from all Forms of Tuberculosis 160
Tuberculosis Death Rate 0.89
Deaths from the Zymotic Diseases 110
Zymotic Death Rate 0.61
Product of a 1d. Rate (Gross) £1 2,094
Rateable Value £2,902,581