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THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON
Public Health Department,
Hornton Street,
Kensington, W.8.
29th. June, 1953.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Royal Borough of Kensington.
My Lord, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in presenting the Annual Report
on the state of the public health in Kensington for 1952.
The Minister of Health has again requested (Circular
2/53) that the report should be in the same abbreviated
form as has been the case for some years past.
The public health in Kensington during the year under
review was maintained at a satisfactory standard.
Population. The Registrar-General's estimate
(172,800) of the population of the Borough for 1952 shows
an increase over the figure for the previous year (171,300).
The actual population figure for Kensington obtained as
a result of the 1951 Census was 168,054.
Birth rate. The number of births per 1,000 population
of the Borough was 16.3 in 1952, which was 0.8 higher than
the figure recorded for the previous year. The Kensington
birth rate was lower than that for the County of London
(17.6) but higher than that for the whole of England and
Wales (15.3).
(In order to compare the Kensington birth rate with
the rates for other areas, the Registrar-General has
supplied an area comparability factor (0.76) which reduces
the actual birth rate for Kensington for comparison
purposes to 12.4).
Death rate. The number of deaths per 1,000 population
was 11.2 which was the same rate recorded in the previous
year. This figure is lower than the death rate for the
County of London (12.6) and that for England and Wales (11.3).
(The Registrar-General's area comparability factor
for the Kensington death rate is 1.02 and this increases
the Kensington death rate for comparison purposes to 11.4).
Infant death rate. There was a slight increase in
the number of deaths of infants under one year per 1,000
live births in 1952. The infant death rate for the year
was 27, in comparison with the lowest rate (24) ever recorded
in Kensington for 1951. The infant death rate for the
County of London in 1952 was 23.8 and for England and Wales
27.6.
Maternal death rate. Five deaths of mothers due to
childbirth were recorded in 1952 compared with three in the