[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough].

  • Kensington (London, England) Royal Borough.
Date:
[1965]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 Maternal Death Rate. Three deaths of mothers due to child-birth were recorded in 1964, giving a maternal death rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths of 0.91. (The provisional maternal mortality rate for the County of London was 0.36 and for England and Wales the figure was 0.25). Infectious Diseases. There was no serious outbreak of infectious disease in the borough during 1964. The total number of notifications received was 782 in comparison with 1,394 in 1963. The difference is almost entirely due to the decrease in the number of cases of measles notified in 1964 compared with the previous year. Tuberculosis. The death rate from all forms of tuberculosis per 100,000 population was 4.0; last year's figure being 7.0. The 1964 Kensington death rate compares with the rate (provisional) of 5.24 for England and Vales. Lung Disease. Kensington's death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis per 100,000 population in 1964 showed a marked decrease compared with the previous year, but the death rate for cancer of the lung showed an increase. Comparative figures for England and Wales showed a decrease in the rate in respect of pulmonary tuberculosis, and a continuing increase in the death rate for lung cancer. The following table shows the trend in these diseases for the past ten years Year England and Wales Kensington Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cancer of the Lung Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cancer of the Lung Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate 1955 5,838 13.1 17,271 38.9 12 7.1 73 43.1 1956 4,851 10.9 18,185 40.7 19 11.2 73 43.2 1957 4,250 9.5 19,118 42.6 13 7.7 90 53.6 1958 4,000 8.9 19,809 43.9 10 6.0 79 47.7 1959 3,475 7.7 21,063 46.4 9 5.4 75 45.0 I960 3,094 6.8 21,992 48.1 11 6.6 94 56.0 1961 3,002 6.5 22,810 49.4 16 9.45 71 42.0 1962 2,774 5.9 23,779 51.0 11 6.4 75 43.6 1963 2,609 5.6 24,434 51.9 11 6.4 84 48.8 1964 2,209 4.6 25,371 53.5 6 3.4 86 49.7 (Death rates quoted above are per 100,000 population) VITAL STATISTICS The table set out on pages 4 and 5 gives the important vital statistics for 1964, together with comparative figures for the previous seven years.
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