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Kensington 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
For the year 1927.
Population 1 76,700
Area of Borough in Acres 2,291
Density of Population per Acre 77
Separate Houses or Self-contained Flats Inhabited 33,980
Separately occupied tenements in the Borough according to the Census
of 1921. (This number represents families or households separately
occupying their own rooms in 1921) 43,001
No. of mews dwellings 2,091
Houses intended for one family only, which are now occupied (without
having been specially adapted) by two or more families 5,690
Persons per House 5.2
Number of Marriages 1,921
Number of Births 2,657
Birth Rate 15.0
Number of Deaths 2,440
Death Rate 13.3
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under* 1 year 176
Infantile Death Rate per 1,000 Births 66
Maternal Mortality:—
Deaths of Women from Diseases or Accidents associated
with Childbirth 6
Maternal Death Rate 2.2
Deaths from Phthisis 114
Phthisis Death Rate 0.65
Deaths from all Forms of Tuberculosis 140
Tuberculosis Death Rate 0.80
Deaths from the Zymotic Diseases 63
Zymotic Death Rate 0.36
Product of a 1d. Rate (Gross) £12,172
Rateable Value £2,921,229