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Maternal Death Rate. One death of a mother due to child-birth
was recorded in 1962, giving a maternal death rate per 1,000 live and
still births of 0.29. (The provisional maternal mortality rate for the
County of London was 0.52 and for England and Wales the figure was 0.35)
Infectious Diseases. There was no serious outbreak of
infectious disease in the borough during 1962. The total number of
notifications received was 714 in comparison with 2,150 in 1961. The
difference is almost entirely due to the decrease in the number of
cases of measles notified in 1962 compared with the previous year.
Tuberculosis. The death rate from all forms of tuberculosis
per 100,000 population was 7.0 which was lower than last year by 3.05.
The 1962 Kensington death rate compares with the rate (provisional) of
6.6 for England and Wales.
Lung Disease. Kensington's death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis
per 100,000 population decreased in 1962 compared with the
previous year, but the death rate for cancer of the lung showed a
slight increase. Comparative figures for England and Wales showed a
decrease in the rate in respect of pulmonary tuberculosis, but a
continuing increase in the death rate for lung cancer. 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
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
1961 3,001 6.5 22,809 49.4 16 9.45 71 42.0
1962 2,776 5.9 23,779 51.0 11 6.4 75 43.6
(Death rates quoted above are per 100,000 population)
Housing. The housing problem in Kensington is sharply
divided into two separate needs. Foremost is the need to clear those
parts of the borough where the houses are practically worn out and the
only satisfactory method is to demolish them. The second need is to
preserve those houses which, although nearing the end of their useful
life, can be with suitable works of repair and adaptation used for
housing for, say, another 20 years.
In Kensington the houses for clearance are mainly centered
in the two areas known as Kensal New Town and Blechynden Street which
with its southern extension is now referred to as the Lancaster Road
West area. These two areas will constitute the main clearance
operations in the borough for some years to come. The Council have
reached an agreement with the London County Council as to the
division of responsibility in both these areas. In Kensal New Town
the London County Council have undertaken the redevelopment of about
seven acres of old property east of Golborne Road. They have also
undertaken the development of about eight acres of that part of
Blechynden Street area north of the railway line.