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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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1966VITAL STATISTICS
| AREA | |||
| The area of the borough is 2,950.7 acres. | |||
| POPULATION | |||
| Census 1961 | 218,528 | ||
| Estimate of Registrar-General at mid-year 1966 | 215,210 | ||
| RATEABLE VALUE | |||
| Rateable value of the borough at 1st April,1966 | £25,828,023 | ||
| Estimated net product of a penny rate 1966/67 | £100,479 | ||
| Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at 1st April, 1966 | 59,854 | ||
| LIVE BIRTHS | |||
| Males | Females | Total | |
| Legitimate | 1,405 | 1,307 | 2,712 |
| Illegitimate | 336 | 682 | |
| Totals | 1,751 | 1,643 | 3,394 |
| Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | 15.82 | ||
| Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes (Area comparability factor = 0.60) | 9.49 | ||
| STILLBIRTHS | |||
| Total (30 males and 17 females) | 47 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 13.66 | ||
| DEATHS | |||
| Total (1,060 males and 1,182 females) | 2,242 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 population | 10.42 | ||
| Adjusted death rate (Area comparability factor =0.97) | 10.11 | ||
| INFANT MORTALITY | |||
| Infant deaths (all deaths of liveborn children under one year) | |||
| Males | Females | Total | |
| Legitimate | 32 | 25 | 57 |
| Illegitimate | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 41 | 34 | 75 | |