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The Registrar-General has supplied, for use in Kensington in 1964,
the figures 0.58 for births and 1.18 for deaths. The crude birth and death
rates for the borough should be multiplied by the appropriate factor, and
when so adjusted the results are comparable 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 1964:-
Kensington
adjusted
London
England and
Wales
No~ of births per
1,000 population
10.8
17.2
18.5
No., of deaths per
1,000 population
10.2
11.7
11.3
Infant Death Rate. This rate for 1964 was 24.4, a decrease
compared with the rate for the previous year of 25.2. The provisional rate
for the County of London was 21.3 and for England and Wales was 19.9. The
following table shows the rates for the last five years:-
Year Kensington London Ehgland and Wales
1964 24.4 21.3 19.9
1963 25.2 21.8 21.1
1962 22.4 21.1 21.7
1961 20.9 21.5 21.4
1960 20.8 21.6 21.8
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.
Number of deaths of babies under one week of age
Year
Age in days at death
Total
No. of deaths
due to
prematurity
1 or under
2
3
4
5
6
1960
27
4
-
4
-
2
37
22
1961
30
6
-
3
-
1
40
21
1962
36
4
1
-
1
4
46
19
1963
36
4
1
-
-
1
42
20
1964
41
2
3
2
1
-
49
15
1963
1964
Neo-natal mortality rate
(i.e., deaths of infants under
4 weeks per 1,000 total live births)
16.11
16.66
Early neo-natal mortality rate
(i.e., deaths of infants under
1 week per 1,000 total live births)
13.07
15.12
Perinatal mortality rate
(i.e., stillbirths and deaths of
infants under 1 week per 1,000
total live and stillbirths)
26.39
29.79