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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.
10th July, 1970
To: The Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
My Lord, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Report on the public
health and welfare in Kensington and Chelsea for 1969. This is my last
annual report as Director of Health and Social Services, It is the
fifth 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.
Population The population estimated by the
Registrar-General is 208,480 and compares with 210,720 in 1968.
Birth Rate The number of live births per 1,000
population of the borough was 12.3 which compares with 13.9 in the previous
year.
Death Rate The number of deaths per 1,000
population in 1969 was 10.4 and compares with 10.6 in the previous year.
Area Comparability Factors for Births 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 1934. and in the case of birth rates since 1949, supplied
area comparability factors (A.C.Fs.).