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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| St- Charles | 48 |
| Golborne | 32 |
| Norland | 39 |
| Pembridge | 36 |
| Holland | 32 |
| Earl's Court | 38 |
| Queen's Gate | 27 |
| Redcliffe | 44 |
| Brompton | 18 |
| The number of deaths from this disease was 30 fewer than in the previous year | |
Table showing the number of deaths in 1938 from certain diseases of public health importance arranged in four-weekly periods-
| Four weeks ending | Typhoid fever. | Whooping cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Phthisis. | Cancer. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Diarrhoea and enteritis. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 29 | — | — | — | 2 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 1 |
| February 26 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| March 26 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| April 23 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 29 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| May 21 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 2 |
| June 18 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 7 |
| July 16 | — | — | 3 | — | 6 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| August 13 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| September 10 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| October 8 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| November 5 | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| December 3 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 |
| 31 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
| Totals | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 93 | 314 | 55 | 143 | 59 |
Infant Mortality-
During the year 1938 there were 2,236 births and 175 deaths of infants under the age of one
year in the borough, which gives an infant mortality rate of 78 per 1,000 births- The corresponding
figure for 1937 was 83- The death-rate among legitimate infants was 73 per 1,000 births in 1938,
among illegitimate infants it was 123-
The following table gives the births and the infant death rates in England and Wales, London, Kensington and the various wards of the borough for the year 1938, and the infant death rates for the previous four years :—
| District. | 1938. | Infant mortality rates in previous four years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of births. | No. of deaths of children under year of age. | Infant mortality rate. | 1937 | 1936 | 1935 | 1934 | |
| England and Wales | 621,603 | 32,473 | 53 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 59 |
| London | 64,325 | 3,746 | 57 | 60 | 66 | 58 | 67 |
| The Borough | 2,236 | 175 | 78 | 83 | 73 | 78 | 93 |
| North Kensington | 1,617 | 144 | 89 | 81 | 79 | 89 | 102 |
| South Kensington | 596 | 31 | 52 | 89 | 59 | 57 | 75 |
| Wards. | |||||||
| St. Charles | 591 | 45 | 76 | 64 | 64 | 86 | 115 |
| Golborne | 487 | 46 | 94 | 99 | 94 | 100 | 97 |
| Norland | 295 | 32 | 108 | 71 | 104 | 102 | 111 |
| Pembridge | 244 | 21 | 86 | 105 | 52 | 54 | 73 |
| Holland | 181 | 8 | 44 | 93 | 62 | 88 | 133 |
| Earl's Court | 130 | 4 | 31 | 74 | 103 | 42 | 40 |
| Queen's Gate | 70 | 2 | 29 | 62 | 9 | 29 | 51 |
| Redcliffe | 151 | 13 | 86 | 135 | 74 | 69 | 69 |
| Brompton | 64 | 4 | 62 | 37 | 24 | — | 40 |
| Ward unknown | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |