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THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
Telephone: 01-937 5464 Health and Welfare Department,
25A Kensington Square,
London, W.8.
1st September, 19&9.
To: The Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
My Lord, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I submit with pleasure the Report on the public health
and welfare in Kensington and Chelsea for 1968. This Report is the fourth
since the Council became responsible for these services and includes the
school health service, for which I act for the Inner London Education
Authority as principal school medical officer. This covers the local
authority health field completely, and a comprehensive body of
information now begins to be available about the new borough which, it
is hoped, will not only give an account of what has happened but will
give an indication of future trends in some fields.
Population. The population estimated by the RegistrarGeneral
is 210,720 and compares with 21$,210 in 1967.
Birth Rate. The number of live births per 1,000
population of the borough was 13.9 which compares with 14.88 in the
previous year.
Death Rate. The number of deaths per 1,000
population in 1968 was 10.6 and compares with 10.26 in the previous year.
Area Comparability Factors for Birth and Death Rates.
Comparisons of crude birth and death rates between local areas are not
strictly valid since these rates take no account of the varying
composition of the populations of areas by sex and age.
In order to compare the borough's birth and death
rates with England and Wales as a whole, the Registrar-General has, in
the case of death rates since 193^. and in the case of birth rates since
19^9, supplied area comparability factors (A.C.Fs.).
The Registrar-General has supplied, for use in
Kensington and Chelsea in I968, the figures 0.60 for births and 0.98 for
deaths. The crude birth and death rates for the borough should be
multiplied by the appropriate factor, and when so adjusted the results
are comparable with the crude rates for England and Wales or with the
corresponding adjusted rates for any other area.