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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: SUMMARY OF STATISTICS For the year 1922.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS For the year 1922.

Population179,100
Area of Borough in Acres2,290
Density of Population per Acre77
Separate Houses or Self-contained Flats Inhabited27,771
Persons per House6.4
Number of Marriages1,773
Number of Births3,152
Birth Rate17.6
Number of Deaths2,427
Death Rate13.6
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year257
Infantile Deaths per 1,000 Births82
Deaths from Phthisis139
Phthisis Death Rate0.78
Deaths from the Zymotic Diseases1.74
Zymotic Death Rate0.97
Product of a Id. Rate(Gross) £1 0,349