Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
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For the year 1923.
Population 178,500
Area of Borough in Acres 2,290
Density of Population per Acre 77
Separate Houses or Self-contained Flats Inhabited 28,051
Separately occupied tenements in the Borough according to the Census
of 1921. (This number represents families or households separately
occupying their own rooms in 1921) 43,001
No. of mews dwellings 2,091
Houses intended for one family only, which are now occupied (without
having been specially adapted) by two or more families - 5,690
Persons per House 6.4
Number of Marriages 1,773
Number of Births 3,121
Birth Rate 17.5
Number of Deaths 2,196
Death Rate 12.3
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year - 218
Infantile Deaths pen 1,000 Births 70
Maternal Mortality:—
Deaths of Women from Diseases or Accidents associated
with Childbirth 17
Maternal Death Rate 5.4
Deaths from Phthisis 117
Phthisis Death Rate 0.66
Deaths from all Forms of Tuberculosis 152
Tuberculosis Death Rate 0.85
Deaths from the Zymotic Diseases 123
Zymotic Death Rate 0.69
Product of a 1d. Rate (Gross) £10,429