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Kensington 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
For the yean 1929.
Population 176,000
Area of borough in acres 2,291
Density of population per acre 77
Separate houses or self-contained flats inhabited 31,686
Persons per house 5.5
Number of marriages 1,931
Number of births 2,544
Birth rate 14.4
Number of deaths 2,708
Death rate 15.4
Infantile mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year 213
Infantile death rate per 1,000 births 84
Maternal Mortality:—
Deaths of women from diseases or accidents associated
with childbirth 16
Maternal death rate 6.3
Deaths from phthisis 120
Phthisis death rate 0.68
Deaths from all forms of tuberculosis 137
Tuberculosis death rate 0.78
Deaths from the zymotic diseases 138
Zymotic death rate 0.78
Product of a 1d. rate(Gross) £12,338
Rateable value £2,961,078