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Kensington 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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MARRIAGES.
During the year, 1,783 marriages were registered, representing a rate of 195 per 1,000 of the population. The place of marriage is set out in the following table:— 10:50 AM 1/8/2013
| Church of England | 654 |
| Roman Catholic Church | 228 |
| Nonconformist Church | 26 |
| Jewish Church | 9 |
| Register Office | 866 |
| Total | 1,783 |
MARITAL CONDITION.
The number of married women under 45 years of age per 1,000 females of all ages in Kensington
is 176. This figure is slightly lower in Chelsea, St. Marylebone and Westminster, but all other metro
politan boroughs show a higher figure. Thus, Kensington has a heavy preponderance of unmarried
females. Indeed, between the ages of 15 and 44, there are in Kensington 35,552 single, widowed
or divorced women out of a total of 56,859 females between these ages, whereas in London as a whole
the number of single, widowed or divorced women between the ages of 15 and 44 is 645,084 out of a
total of 1,170,817 females of these ages.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered was 2,362, after correction for inward and outward transfers ; and the birth rate for the borough was 129 per 1,000 population. Distributed according to sex and legitimacy the births were as follow:—
| Male. | Female. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,077 | 1,086 | 2,163 |
| Illegitimate | 100 | 99 | 199 |
| Totals | 1,177 | 1,186 | 2,862 |
Table showing the number of births and the birth rates in England and Wales, London, Kensington, and the various districts in the borough in 1932, and the rates for the previous five years:—
| District. | 1932. | Birth rates in previous years. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of births. | Birth rate. | 1931. | 1930. | 1929. | 1928. | 1927. | |
| England and Wales | 614,820 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
| London | 67,371 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 161 |
| The Borough | 2,362 | 12.9 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 150 |
| North Kensington | 1,663 | 17.3 | 19.6 | 190 | 19.3 | 18.7 | 19.8 |
| South Kensington | 669 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.9 |
| Wards. | |||||||
| St. Charles | 576 | 19.5 | 21.6 | 17.9 | 19.3 | 20.2 | 15.6 |
| Golborne | 569 | 23.6 | 21.3 | 21.5 | 21.8 | 20.8 | 23.7 |
| Norland | 330 | 15.9 | 19.8 | 22.0 | 21.5 | 19.3 | 22.9 |
| Pembridge | 158 | 7.7 | 14.3 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 16.5 |
| Holland | 157 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 10.5 |
| Earl's Court | 179 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 6.9 |
| Queen's Gate | 84 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| Redcliffe | 157 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Brompton | 92 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 7.7 |
| Ward unknown | 30 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |