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with the crude rates for England and Wales or with the corresponding
adjusted rates for any other area.
The following table gives the adjusted Kensington birth and
death rates compared with the provisional rates for London and for
England and Wales for the year 1962:-
Kensington
adjusted
London
England and
Wales
No. of births per 1,000 population
14.18
19.6
18.0
No. of deaths per 1,000 population
10.21
12.0
11.9
Infant Death Rate. This rate for 1962 was 22.4, an increase
compared with the rate for the previous year of 20.9. The provisional
rate for the County of London was 21.l and for England and Wales was
21.4. The following table shows the rates for the last five years:-
Year
Kensington
London
England and Wales
1962 22.4 21.l 21.4
1961 20.9 21.5 21.6
I960 20.8 21.6 21.9
1959 24.8 22.3 22.2
1958 22.7 22.6 22.6
Variations in the infant mortality rate are contributed to
partly by perinatal mortality, i.e. stillbirths and deaths in the first
week of life, prematurity (see table below) and the statistical difficulties
arising from the small numbers involved. Just over two deaths
suffice to increase the rate by one.
Year
Number of deaths of babies under one week of age
Age in days at death
1 or under
2
3
4
5
6
Total
No. of deaths
due to
prematurity
1958 37 5 3 2 2 1 50 29
1959 34 3 5 4 3 3 52 38
1960 27 4 - 4 - 2 37 22
1961 30 6 - 3 - 1 40 21
1962 36 4 1 - 1 4 46 19
1962
1961
Neo-natal mortality rate
(i.e. deaths of infants
under 4 weeks per 1,000
total live births) 15.32 13.66
Early neo-natal mortality
rate (i.e. deaths of
infants under 1 week per
1,000 total live births) 13.55 12.14
Perinatal mortality rate
(i.e. stillbirths and deaths
of infants under 1 week per
1,000 total live and still
births) 30.96 28.36