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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA
TELEPHONE Health and Welfare Department,
WEStern 7211 25A, Kensington Square,
LONDON, W.8.
September, 1965.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The amalgamation of the boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea on
1st April, 1965, under the provisions of the London Government Act, 1963,
means that this will be the last occasion on which I shall have the
pleasure to prepare an Annual Report on the health and environmental
circumstances of the Borough of Chelsea as a Metropolitan Borough
Council, and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (l) of
Article 8 of the London Authorities (Health and Welfare Services)
Order, 1964, I have the honour to present to the Council of the Royal
Borough of Kensington and Chelsea my Annual Report for the year 1964.
1964 was a year of considerable activity behind the scenes,
particularly during the latter half of the year, when plans were
formulated for the integration of the two boroughs. Much time was
devoted to the detailed planning of the Health and Welfare Department for
the new borough in order to ensure that all the local health services
including the personal health services transferred by the London County
Council, are administered efficiently so as to provide the best possible
service to the public.
The Registrar General's estimate of the mid-year home population
of Chelsea was 46,200, a decrease of 1,850 on the previous year's
estimate of 48,050.
Live births numbered 621 (317 males: 304 females) 1 less than in
1963 (622), indicating a crude birth rate of 13.4 per 1,000 of the
estimated population, and the adjusted rate after employing the area
comparability factor (0.73) was 9.8, compared with 18.4 for England and
Wales. Illegitimate births totalled 88 or 14.2 per cent of the total
live births registered, 13 more than during the previous year when 75
(12.1%) were recorded. Still births were returned as 11, compared
with l4 during 1963, which represents an annual rate of 17.4 per 1,000
live and still births. The rate for England and Wales was 16.4
The total number of deaths recorded was 704 (323 males: 381
females) 87 less than the figure for the previous year (791),
representing a crude death rate of 15.2 per 1,000 of the estimated
population, and after applying the area comparability factor (O.89) the
adjusted rate was 13.5, compared with 11.3 for England and Wales. It
will be observed from the classified table of deaths which appears on
pages 11 and 12, that the principal causes of death were heart disease
192 (27.3%); cancer (all forms) 158 (22.4%); pneumonia said bronchitis
94 (13.4%); and vascular lesions of the nervous system 82 (11.6%).