Figures released for Kent in 1945 show that one child in 12 is born out of wedlock, up from 4% in 1935 to 8.28%. Deaths of infants under 1 year were 3.7% versus a national figure of 4.6%. On a Kent population of 1,221,401, the rate per person to the acre was 1.28, varying from 24.4 an 0.1 across the county.