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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 and Chelsea 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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1965 VITAL STATISTICS
| AREA | |||
| The area of the borough is 2,950.7 acres. | |||
| POPULATION | |||
| Census 1961 | 218,528 | ||
| Estimate of Registrar General at mid-year 1965 | 216,810 | ||
| RATEABLE VALUE | |||
| Rateable value of the borough at 1st April, 1965 | £25,648,360 | ||
| Estimated net product of a penny rate 1965/66 | £100,800 | ||
| Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at 1st April, 1965 | 59,408 | ||
| BIRTHS | |||
| Males | Females | Total | |
| Legitimate | 1,469 | 1,450 | 2,919 |
| Illegitimate | 368 | 379 | 747 |
| Totals | 1,837 | 1,829 | 3,666 |
| Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | 16.91 | ||
| Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes (Area comparability factor = 0.60) | 10.15 | ||
| STILLBIRTHS | |||
| Total (24 males and 19 females) | 43 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 11.59 | ||
| DEATHS | |||
| Total (1,031 males and 1,315 females) | 2,346 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 population | 10.82 | ||
| Adjusted death rate (Area comparability factor = 1.00) | 10.82 | ||
| INFANT MORTALITY | |||
| Infant deaths (all deaths of liveborn children under one year) | |||
| Males | Females | Totals | |
| Legitimate | 36 | 27 | 63 |
| Illegitimate | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Totals | 44 | 37 | 81 |