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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 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Table: SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, For the year 1913.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, For the year 1913.

Population (Estimated)171,700.
Area of Borough in Acres2,291
Density of Population per Acre75
Houses Inhabited27,654
Persons per House6.2
Number of Marriages1,690
Number of Births3,335
Birth Rate19.4
Number of Deaths2,409
Crude Death Rate14.0
Standardised Death Rate13.9
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year371
Infantile Deaths per 1,000 Births111
Deaths from Phthisis189
Phthisis Death Rate1.10
Deaths from the Zymotic Diseases235
Zymotic Death Rate1.37