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THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGT0N
Public Health Department,
Hornton Street,
Kensington, W. 8,
1st June, 1956.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Royal Borough of Kensington.
My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in presenting the Annual Report
on the state of the public health in Kensington for 1955.
The Minister of Health has again requested (Circular 17/55)
that the report should be in the same 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
(169,400) of the population of the borough for 1955 shows
a decrease compared with the figure for the previous year
(170,600). (The actual population figure for Kensington
obtained as a result of the 1951 Census was 168,160.)
Birth rate. The number of births per 1,000 population
of the borough was 15.8 in 1955, which was 0.1 lower than
the figure recorded for the previous year. The Kensington
birth rate was lower than that for the County of London
(17.4) but higher than that for the whole of England and
Wales (15.0).
(In order to compare the Kensington birth rate with
the rates for other areas, the Registrar-General has supplied
an area comparability factor (0.71) which reduces the actual
birth rate for Kensington for comparison purposes to 11.2.)
Death rate. The number of deaths per 1,000 population
was 10.3. This figure is higher than the death rate for the
County of London (9.6) but lower than that for England and
Wales (11.7).
(The Registrar-General's area comparability factor for
the Kensington death rate is 1.00 and thus there is no
adjustment this year for comparison purposes with other
authorities.)