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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 1914

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

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Table: SUMMARY OF STATISTICS,For the year 1914.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS,

For the year 1914.

Population (Estimated)1 71,400.
Area of Borough in Acres2,291
Density of Population per Acre75
Houses Inhabited27,919
Persons per House6.1
Number of Marriages1,775
Number of Births3,153
Birth Rate18.4
Number of Deaths2,289
Crude Death Rate13.4
Standardised Death Rate13.3
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year298
Infantile Deaths per 1,000 Births95
Deaths from Phthisis189
Phthisis Death Rate1.10
Deaths from the Zymotic Diseases134
Zymotic Death Rate0.79