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The importance of securing due compliance with legislation in regard to the notification of
births cannot be over-estimated, for the information obtained constitutes the starting point of the
work of health visitors-
Deaths-
The number of deaths registered in the borough during 1938 was 2,443, but this does not
represent the true mortality among the population- In order to obtain the corrected number
of deaths which does so represent the true mortality, it is necessary to add the deaths of Kensington
" residents " occurring outside the district to the number registered as actually occurring in the
borough, and to subtract from the total thus arrived at the deaths of " non-residents " taking
place in the institutions provided in Kensington for the reception of sick or infirm personsTotal
deaths registered in the borough 2,443
Deaths of residents in public institutions, etc-, beyond the borough 670
3,113
Deaths of non-residents in public institutions, etc-, within the borough 1,064
Corrected number of deaths belonging to the borough 5,049