Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Year. | Percentage. |
---|---|
1933 | 94 |
1934 | 93 |
1935 | 98 |
1936 | 99 |
1937 | 95 |
1938 | 95 |
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
The following table shows the number of deaths and the death rates in England J or1 Wales, London, Kensington and the various wards in the borough in 1938, and the rat's for the previous five years :—
District. | 1938 | Death rates in previous years. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of deaths. | Death rate. | 1937 | 1936 | 1935 | 1934 | 1933 | |
England and Wales | 478,927 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12.3 |
London | 49,616 | 114 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 12.2 |
The Borough | 2,049 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 13.3 | 12.9 |
North Kensington | 1,091 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.0 | 13.7 | 12.9 |
South Kensington | 938 | 11.2 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 12.6 |
Wards. | |||||||
St. Charles | 316 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 10.5 | 14.3 | 11.4 | 10.9 |
Golborne | 274 | 13.0 | 16.2 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 16.4 | 13.9 |
Norland | 258 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 14.1 | 11.9 | 13.9 | 14.1 |
Pembridge | 243 | 12.3 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 13.1 |
Holland | 220 | 12.2 | 15.5 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 14.2 | 13.3 |
Earl's Court | 216 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 13.1 |
Queen's Gate | 131 | 9.5 | 12.5 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 11.7 | 11.5 |
Redcliffe | 239 | 11.3 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 12.7 |
Brompton | 132 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 8.9 | 13.5 | 11.3 | 11.1 |
Ward unknown | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
following table shows the Kensington death rates since 1896 :—
Period. | Death rate per 1,000 living. |
---|---|
1896-1900 | 16.4 |
1901-1905 | 14.4 |
1906-1910 | 13.8 |
1911-1915 | 14.3 |
1916-1920 | 15.6 |
1921-1925 | 13.2 |
1926-1930 | 13.5 |
1931-1935 | 13.2 |
1936 | 12.5 |
1937 | 13.3 |
1938 | 11.7 |