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THE ROYAL BOROUGH OP KENSINGTON
Telephone: WEStern 7211 Health and Welfare Department,
25A Kensington Square,
London, W.8.
October, 1965
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
My Lord, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in presenting the Annual Report on the state
of the public health in Kensington for 1964, This is the last time such a
report will be prepared and presented, as the former Royal Borough of
Kensington has been absorbed into the Greater London Royal Borough of
Kensington and Chelsea.
Article 8 of the London Authorities (Health and Welfare Services)
Order, 1964, requires me to submit this report to the present Council to
whom, under Article 16 of the London Authorities (Property, etc.) Order,
196kf the property and liabilities of the former Kensington Council have
been referred.
As the Council will appreciate, the compilation and preparation of
this report has been delayed, as the work in establishing the Health and
Welfare organisation of the new Borough Council has been given first
priority.
Nothing has been lost by this delay because the public health in
Kensington during the year under review was maintained at a satisfactory
standard and, indeed, the major portion of this report deals with work and
services reported to the former Kensington Council from time to time during
1964.
The Minister of Health has requested (Circular 1/65) that the
report should be generally in the same form as has been the case for some
years past.
Population. The population of the borough as finally ascertained
by the Census in 1961 was 171,272. For the purpose of this report, the
population for 1964 has been estimated by the Registrar-General to be
172,990. The estimated population figure for the previous year was
172,170.
Birth Rate. The number of live births per 1,000 population of
the borough was 18.7 in 1964 which compares with the figure of 19.1 for
the previous year.
Death Rate. The number of deaths per 1,000 population in 1964
was 8.62, which is the lowest figure ever recorded in Kensington.
Area Comparability Factors for Birth and Death Rates. Comparisons
or crude birth and death rates between local areas are not strictly valid
since these rates take no account of the varying composition of the
populations of the different areas by sex and age.
In order to compare Kensington birth and death rates with
England and Wales as a whole, the Registrar-General has, in the case of
death rates since 1934 and in the case of birth rates since 1949,
supplied area comparability factors (A.C.Fs.).