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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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1967 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 1967 | 213,310 | ||
| Average density of population per acre | 72.3 | ||
| RATEABLE VALUE | |||
| Rateable value of the borough at 1st April, 1967 | £26,204,924 | ||
| Estimated net product of a penny rate 1967/68 | £101,351 | ||
| Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at 1st April, 1967 | 60,448 | ||
| LIVE BIRTHS | |||
| Males | Females | Total | |
| Legitimate | 1,222 | 1,270 | 2,492 |
| Illegitimate | 370 | 302 | 672 |
| Totals | 1,592 | 1,572 | 3,164 |
| Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | 14.88 | ||
| Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes (Area comparability factor = 0.60) | 8.93 | ||
| STILLBIRTHS | |||
| Total (11 males and 23 females) | 34 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 10.63 | ||
| DEATHS | |||
| Total (970 males and 1,218 females) | 2,188 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 population | 10.26 | ||
| Adjusted death rate (Area comparability factor =0.99) | 10.16 | ||
| INFANT MORTALITY | |||
| Infant deaths (all deaths of liveborn children under one year) | |||
| Males | Females | Total | |
| Legitimate | 35 | 29 | 64 |
| Illegitimate | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 42 | 38 | 80 | |