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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS for the Year 1933.
| Population (estimated) | 181,100 | Area of borough in acres | 2,291 | ||||
| Density of population per acre | 79 | Number of marriages | 1,927 | ||||
| Rateable value | £3,335,398 | Product of a ld. rate | £13,898 | ||||
| Total. | M. | F. | |||||
| Live births | legitimate | 1,964 | 1,016 | 948 | Birth rate | 12.0 | |
| illegitimate | 201 | 96 | 105 | ||||
| Still births | 75 | 45 | 30 | Rate per 1,000 total births | 33 | ||
| Deaths | 2,336 | 1,025 | 1,311 | Death rate | 12.9 | ||
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 54% | ||||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | ||||||
| Deaths | |||||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 3 | 1.7 | |||||
| Other puerperal causes | 5 | 2.2 | |||||
| Total | 8 | 3.5 | |||||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age:— | |||||||
| All infants per 1,000 births | 72 | Deaths from measles (all ages) | 3 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 68 | ||||||
| „ whooping cough (all ages) | 10 | ||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 114 | ||||||
| diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 43 | ||||||
| Deaths from phthisis | 124 | Phthisis death rate | 0.68 | ||||
| Deaths from all forms of tuberculosis | 138 | Tuberculosis death rate | 0.76 | ||||
| Deaths from the zymotic diseases | 90 | Zymotic death rate | 0.49 | ||||