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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
For the yean 1920.
Population (Estimated for Birth Rate calculation) 165,496
„ ( „ Death Rate „ 164,1 77
Area of Borough in Acres 2,291
Density of Population per Acre 72
Separate Houses or Self-contained Flats Inhabited 26,025
Persons per House 6.4
Number of Marriages 2,111
Number of Births 4,020
Birth Rate 24.3
Number of Deaths 2,193
Death Rate 13.4
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year 325
Infantile Deaths per 1,000 Births 81
Deaths from Phthisis 135
Phthisis Death Rate 0.82
Deaths from the Zymotic Diseases 156
Zymotic Death Rate 0.95
Product of a 1d. Rate £10,379 (Gross)