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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Four weeks ending | Scarlet fever. | Whooping cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Phthisis. | Cancer. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Diarrhoea and enteritis. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 27 | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 28 | 2 |
| February 24 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 23 | 6 |
| March 24 | _ | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 27 | 1 |
| April 21 | - | – | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 9 | 20 | 4 |
| May 19 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| June 16 | – | 4 | – | – | 9 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| July 14 | – | 2 | – | – | 6 | 25 | _ | 4 | 2 |
| August 11 | – | 2 | – | – | 6 | 19 | – | 5 | 3 |
| September 8 | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| October 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| November 3 | – | _– | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 9 |
| December 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 8 | 21 | 7 |
| December 29 | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| Totals | 3 | 26 | 14 | 44 | 103 | 340 | 54 | 176 | 59 |
Infant Mortality.
During the year 1934, there were 2,195 births and 204 deaths of children under the age of
12 months in the borough. These figures give an infant mortality rate (deaths of infants under
12 months to each 1,000 births) of 93.
The following table gives the births and the infant deaths and death rates in England and Wales, London, Kensington and the various wards of the borough for the year1934, and the infant death rates for the previous four years:—
| District. | 1934 | Infant mortality rates in previous four years. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of births. | No. of deaths of children under 1 year of age. | Infant mortality rate. | 1933 | 1932 | 1931 | 1930 | |
| England and Wales | 597,642 | 35,018 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 66 |
| London | 56,853 | 3,832 | 67 | 59 | 66 | 65 | 64 |
| The Borough | 2,195 | 204 | 93 | 72 | 98 | 76 | 69 |
| North Kensington | 1,585 | 162 | 102 | 80 | 116 | 86 | 76 |
| South Kensington | 557 | 42 | 75 | 59 | 54 | 44 | 55 |
| Wards. | |||||||
| St. Charles | 468 | 54 | 115 | 53 | 109 | 76 | 64 |
| Golborne | 534 | 52 | 97 | 89 | 112 | 97 | 81 |
| Norland | 351 | 39 | 111 | 117 | 142 | 84 | 70 |
| Pembridge | 232 | 17 | 73 | 67 | 120 | 92 | 96 |
| Holland | 135 | 18 | 133 | 85 | 83 | 54 | 84 |
| Earl's Court | 149 | 6 | 40 | 55 | 22 | 18 | 46 |
| Queen's Gate | 78 | 4 | 51 | 37 | 59 | 59 | 57 |
| Redcliffe | 145 | 10 | 69 | 65 | 70 | 67 | 43 |
| Brompton | 50 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 32 | 14 | 30 |
| Ward unknown | 53 | 2 | - | - | – | – | – |
In considering the above and subsequent tables it must be remembered that the deaths of
infants at any temporary address (institution or private house) to which the mother went for her
confinement, and deaths of infants in institutions to which they were transferred for treatment
from the place of birth, are allocated to the district of the usual residence of the mother.