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11
ILLEGITIMACY
During the past three years, Kensington and Chelsea has had the
highest proportion of illegitimate births per 1,000 live births of all
towns in the United Kingdom with over 100,000 population.
The figures ares 1965 - 201; 1966 - 201; 1967 - 212. Advance
information kindly supplied by the Registrar-General shows that the 1967
figures compare with the provisional rate for England and Wales of 84,
and with that for Greater London of 114. The Greater London Boroughs
with the next highest rates are:-
City of Westminster 188
Camden 171
Lambeth 170
Hammersmith 167
Brent 146
Compared with cities having a population exceeding 400,000, the
figures are:-
Manchester 150 (1966)
Birmingham 117 (1967)
Leeds 116 „
Bristol 106 „
Liverpool 103 „
Sheffield 85 „
The Kensington and Chelsea rates of illegitimacy per 1,000 live
births over the past 100 years are illustrated in the accompanying graph.
Those for England and Wales and the former Administrative County of
London are given for comparison. It will be seen that, in the decennia
after the First World War, the rates rose steadily, but after 1950 they
abruptly accelerated to the present figure.
In comparison with some of the former Metropolitan boroughs and
two of the Middlesex boroughs the rates since 1950 are as follows:-