London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
1
VITAL STATISTICS
Population.—To meet the diminution and abnormal constitution of the population caused by
the war, the Registrar-General has estimated the population of Kensington in 1917 as 168,919 for
the purpose of calculating the birth rate, and as 151,535 for the calculation of death rates.
Table A.
| District. | Population | Births, Deaths and Rates per 1,000. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. | B. | Births. | Rate. | Deaths | Rate. | |
| The Borough | 151,535 | 168,919 | 2,378 | 14.8 | 2,474 | 16.3 |
| North Kensington | 77,470 | 86,362 | 1,601 | 18.5 | 1,464 | 18.9 |
| South Kensington | 74,065 | 82,557 | 777 | 9.4 | 920 | 12.4 |
| St. Charles | 19,994 | 22,288 | 418 | 18.8 | 336 | 16.8 |
| Golborne | 22,481 | 25,062 | 530 | 21.1 | 504 | 22.4 |
| Norland | 18,630 | 20,770 | 398 | 19.2 | 375 | 20.1 |
| Pembridge | 16,365 | 18,242 | 255 | 14.0 | 249 | 15.2 |
| Holland | 17,819 | 19,864 | 195 | 9.8 | 244 | 13.7 |
| Earl's Court | 15,494 | 17,270 | 205 | 11.9 | 234 | 15.2 |
| Queen's Gate | 12,564 | 14,004 | 90 | 6.4 | 109 | 8.7 |
| Redcliffe | 16,798 | 18,725 | 196 | 10.5 | 215 | 12.8 |
| Brompton | 11,390 | 12,694 | 91 | 7.2 | 118 | 10.4 |
| Unknown | — | — | — | — | 90 | — |
Dividing the two populations given for the Borough in 1917 by the Census population in 1911,
which was 172,317, the following factors will be obtained, namely, .9803 and .879. The populations
for the various districts in the Borough have been in each case arrived at by multiplying the census
population of the district by the second factor to obtain the death rate population shown in the
first column of the table, headed "D," and by the first factor, .9803, to obtain the birth rate
population in the second column, which is headed "B."
Births.—The number of births registered was 2,378, after correction for inward and outward
transfers. Distributed according to sex and legitimacy the births were as follows:—
Male. Female. Total.
Legitimate 1,137 1,094 2,231
Illegitimate 80 67 147
Total 1,217 1,161 2,378
The birth rate for the Borough was 14.8 per 1,000 as compared with a rate of 20.0 in the
decennium 1901-10.