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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS,
For the year 1911.
Population (Estimated) 172,300.
Area of Borough in Acres 2,291
Density of Population per Acre 75
Houses Inhabited ..... 27,507
Persons per House ..... 6*3
Number of Marriages .... 1,684
Number of Births ..... 3,223
Birth Rate ..... 18-7
Number of Deaths ..... 2,389
Crude Death Rate ..... 13-9
Corrected Death Rate .... 1 5'0
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year 435
Infantile Deaths per 1,000 Births - 135
Deaths from Phthisis 155
Phthisis Death Rate 0.90
Deaths from the Zymotic Diseases - 359
Zymotic Death Rate - 2.08