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At the Census 96.5% of the population lived in dwellings
occupied by private households; the remaining 3.5% lived in
hotels, educational establishments,, hospitals, defence
establishments, and the like. For every 1,000 males there
were 1,158 females. 38.8% of the population were single,
52.1% married, and 9.1% widowed or divorced.

Infectious Disease - In general the health of the
people has been good. The number of infectious disease
notifications received in 1953 was higher than in 1952,
but this was due to an increased incidence of measles
and whooping cough. A reduction in the number of cases
of scarlet fever is recorded. Once again, for the sixth
year in succession, no case of diphtheria was notified, and
further progress was made in the active immunisation and
protection of the child population against this deadly and
disabling disease.
Vaccination against Smallpox - is voluntary and a
calculation shows that by the end of 1953 some 70% of the
children born between 1st. July 1952 and 30th. June 1953
have been vaccinated.
Births - The number of live births for 1953 is 609
and compares with 576 for 1952. The Birth Rate is 15.25
per 1,000 of the population, compared with 14.40 for 1952.
Deaths - The number of deaths recorded in 1953 is 465
compared with 499 for 1952. This makes a Death Rate of
11.54 for 1953 compared with 12.48 for 1952.
The excess of births over deaths was 144 compared with
77 for the previous year.
The number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age in
1953 is 15, which gives an Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000
live births of 24.63.
The corresponding figures for 1952 were 14 infant
deaths and an Infant Mortality Rate of 24.39.
The Causes of Death - The main conditions causing death
as recorded in the table for 1953 are Heart Disease - 120;
Cancer - 95; and Vascular Lesions of the Nervous System - 6l.
National attention has been drawn of late to the general
increase in the number of deaths attributable to cancer of
the lung, and the following table shows the relevant figures
for the past four years in respect of Kingston residents.
The Registrar General couples cancer of the lung with cancer
of the bronchus in his abbreviated list of causes of death,
but this does not detract from the interest of the figures
shown below.
Deaths from Cancer
of the lung and
bronchus
1950
1951
1952
1953
M
8
F
3
M
8
F
2
M
10
F
1
M
13
F
2
Total
Total
Total
Total
11
10
11
15