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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 1922

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

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Table: TABLE SHOWING THE BIRTH RATES, DEATH RATES AND INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES IN THE 29 METROPOLITAN CITIES AND BOROUGHS IN 1922.

TABLE SHOWING THE BIRTH RATES, DEATH RATES AND INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES IN THE 29 METROPOLITAN CITIES AND BOROUGHS IN 1922.

Births per 1000 Population.Deaths per 1000 Population.Infantile Deaths per 1000 Births.
1. Shoreditch28·1Hampstead10·9Hampstead54
2. Bermondsey27·0Lewisham11·1Lewisham54
3. Poplar26·9Wandsworth11·2City of Westminster55
4. Finsbury25·2Woolwich11·5Greenwich58
5. Bethnal Green25·2Fulham12·0Wandsworth61
6. Southwark24·6City of Westminster12·5Woolwich62
7. Stepney23·9Hackney12·7Chelsea63
8. Deptford23·2Paddington12·8Stoke Newington66
9. Islington22·7Holborn12·8St. Marylebone67
10. Battersea21·7Greenwich12·9Fulham68
11. Camberwell215Chelsea13·1Paddington69
12. St. Pancras21·4Battersea13·1Battersea69
13. Hackney21·2Hammersmith13·3Hammersmith71
14. Hammersmith21·0Camberwell13·4Hackney72
15. Greenwich21·0St. Marylebone13·5St. Pancras73
16. Lambeth20·8Kensington13·6Holborn74
17. Woolwich20·8Stoke Newington13·6Deptford74
18. Fulham20·3Lambeth13·7Islington76
19. Paddington18·8Islington13·8Lambeth77
20. Lewisham18·2Deptford13·8Poplar78
21. Stoke Newington17·8City of London13·9Camberwell78
22.Kensington17·6Stepney13·9Finsbury79
23. Chelsea166Poplar14·4Southwark79
24. Wandsworth16·6St. Pancras14·5Stepney80
25. St. Marylebone16·0Bethnal Green15·3City of London81
26. Holborn15·3Southwark15·6Kensington82
27. Hampstead14·8Finsbury16·2Bethnal Green90
28. City of Westminster13·2Shoreditch16·3Bermondsey101
29. City of London10·9Bermondsey17·0Shoreditch102

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THE PREVALENCE OF DISEASE.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following diseases are Compulsorily notifiable in Kensington:—
Small·pox. Acute Poliomyelitis.
Cholera. Glanders.
Diphtheria. Anthrax.
Membranous Croup. Hydrophobia.
Erysipelas. Tuberculosis.
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever. Influenzal Pneumonia.
Typhus Fever. Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever. Trench Fever.
Relapsing Fever. Malaria.
Continued Fever. Dysentery.
Puerperal Fever. Plague.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
Cerebro·Spinal Fever. Acute Polio·Encephalitis.