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Kensington 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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figure was 0.39)
The causes of death given in respect of these four maternal
deaths were (i) Obstructed labour (disproportion), (ii) Post partum
haemorrhage following breech delivery, (iii) General Peritonitis due
to ectopic gestation and (iv) Amniotic fluid embolism due to influenzal
tracheo-bronchitis.
Infectious Diseases. There was no serious outbreak of
infectious disease in the borough during 1960. The total number of
notifications received was 1,138 in comparison with 1,489 in the
previous year.
No case of diphtheria was notified in 1960. This is the
fourth consecutive year giving a nil return; one case being notified
in 1956. Only six cases of diphtheria have been notified in Kensington
in the last ten years, in six of which there was a 'nil' return.
Tuberculosis. The death rate from all forms of tuberculosis
per 100,000 population was 8.4 which was higher than last year by 2.4.
The 1960 Kensington death rate compares with the rate (provisional) of
7.5 for England and Wales.
The following table shows the trend in these diseases since the end of the war:-
| Year | England and Wales | Kensington | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Cancer of the lung | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Cancer of the lung | |||||
| Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | |
| 1947 | 19,753 | 47.3 | 9,204 | 22.0 | 71 | 43.0 | 58 | 34.9 |
| 1948 | 18,798 | 44.0 | 10,162 | 23.8 | 76 | 45.0 | 45 | 26.6 |
| 1949 | 17,471 | 40.5 | 10,975 | 25.5 | 56 | 32.0 | 50 | 28.7 |
| 1950 | 14,079 | 32.1 | 12,241 | 28.0 | 52 | 29.0 | 70 | 39.4 |
| 1951 | 12,031 | 27.5 | 13,247 | 30.2 | 36 | 17.5 | 70 | 40.9 |
| 1952 | 9,335 | 21.2 | 14,218 | 32.3 | 29 | 16.8 | 71 | 41.1 |
| 1953 | 7,913 | 17.9 | 15,132 | 34.3 | 26 | 15.1 | 65 | 37.9 |
| 1954 | 7,069 | 16.0 | 16,331 | 36.9 | 20 | 11.7 | 72 | 42.2 |
| 1955 | 5,838 | 13.1 | 17,271 | 38.9 | 12 | 7.1 | 73 | 43.1 |
| 1956 | 4,851 | 10.9 | 18,185 | 40.7 | 19 | 11.2 | 73 | 43.2 |
| 1957 | 4,250 | 9.5 | 19,118 | 42.6 | 13 | 7.7 | 90 | 53.6 |
| 1958 | 4,000 | 8.9 | 19,809 | 43.9 | 10 | 6.0 | 79 | 47.7 |
| 1959 | 3,475 | 7.7 | 21,063 | 46.4 | 9 | 5.4 | 75 | 45.0 |
| 1960 | 3,094 | 6.8 | 21,992 | 48.1 | 11 | 6.6 | 94 | 56.0 |
(Death rates quoted above are per 100,000 population)