London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Population (estimated) | 183,500 | Area of borough in acres | 2,291 | |||
| Density of population per acre | 80 | Number of marriages | 1,783 | |||
| Rateable value £3,25) | 14,335 | Product of a 1d. rate | £13,726 | |||
| Total. | M. | F. | ||||
| Live births | legitimate | 2,163 | 1,077 | 1,086 | Birth rate | 12.9 |
| illegitimate | 199 | 100 | 99 | |||
| Still births | 80 | 46 | 84 | Rate per 1,000 total births | 84 | |
| Deaths | 2,490 | 1,103 | 1,387 | Death rate | 13.6 | |
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 65% | |||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | ||||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | |||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 4 | 1.6 | ||||
| Other puerperal causes | 6 | 2.0 | ||||
| Total | 9 | 3.8 | ||||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age :— | ||||||
| All infants per 1,000 births | 98 | Deaths from measles (all ages) | 45 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 92 | „ whooping cough (all ages) | 86 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 166 | „ diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 36 | |||
| Deaths from phthisis | 107 | Phthisis death rate | 0.58 | |||
| Deaths from all forms of tuberculosis | 127 | Tuberculosis death rate | 0.69 | |||
| Deaths from the zymotic diseases | 182 | Zymotic death rate | 0.99 | |||