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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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1969 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 1969 | 208,480 | ||
| Average density of population per acre | 70.7 | ||
| RATEABLE VALUE | |||
| Rateable value of the borough at 1st April, 1969 | £26,506,929 | ||
| Estimated net product of a penny rate 1969/70 | £104,300 | ||
| Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at 1st April, 1969 | 60,744 | ||
| LIVE BIRTHS | |||
| Males | Females | Total | |
| Legitimate | 1,065 | 1,003 | 2,068 |
| Illegitimate | 264 | 235 | 499 |
| 1,529 | 1,238 | 2,567 | |
| Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | 12.3 | ||
| Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes (Area comparability factor=0.60) | 7.38 | ||
| STILLBIRTHS | |||
| Total (20 males and 12 females) | 32 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 12.3 | ||
| DEATHS | |||
| Total (961 males and 1,209 females) | 2,170 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 population | 10.4 | ||
| Adjusted death rate (Area comparability factor=0.97) | 10.1 | ||
| INFANT MORTALITY | |||
| Infant deaths (all deaths of liveborn children under one year) | |||
| Males | Females | Total | |
| Legitimate | 17 | 15 | 32 |
| Illegitimate | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| Totals | 27 | 19 | 46 |