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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Maternal Death Rate. Three deaths of mothers due to child-birth were
recorded in 1964, giving a maternal death rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths
of 0.91. (The provisional maternal mortality rate for the County of London
was 0.36 and for England and Wales the figure was 0.25).
Infectious Diseases. There was no serious outbreak of infectious
disease in the borough during 1964. The total number of notifications
received was 782 in comparison with 1,394 in 1963. The difference is almost
entirely due to the decrease in the number of cases of measles notified in
1964 compared with the previous year.
Tuberculosis. The death rate from all forms of tuberculosis per
100,000 population was 4.0; last year's figure being 7.0. The 1964
Kensington death rate compares with the rate (provisional) of 5.24 for England
and Vales.
The following table shows the trend in these diseases for the past ten years:-
| 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 | |
| 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 | 3,002 | 6.5 | 22,810 | 49.4 | 16 | 9.45 | 71 | 42.0 |
| 1962 | 2,774 | 5.9 | 23,779 | 51.0 | 11 | 6.4 | 75 | 43.6 |
| 1963 | 2,609 | 5.6 | 24,434 | 51.9 | 11 | 6.4 | 84 | 48.8 |
| 1964 | 2,209 | 4.6 | 25,371 | 53.5 | 6 | 3.4 | 86 | 49.7 |
(Death rates quoted above are per 100,000 population)
VITAL STATISTICS
The table set out on pages 4 and 5 gives the important vital
statistics for 1964, together with comparative figures for the previous
seven years.