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

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR KENSINGTON

Description	1950	1949	1948	1947	1946	1945	1944	1943

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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN 1950

Cause of death	All ages	Under 1 year	1 yearand under 5	5 yearsand under 45	45 years and over

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The arrangements have continued to prove satisfactory and the following is a summary of the work performed during the years:-

Nature of specimen or sample	Number examined

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Medicinal Baths (Personal Cleansing Station) The record of work done during 1950 is as follows

Description	Scabies		Vermln		Impetigo		Other conditions
Description	Persons	clean -sings	Persons	Clean -sings	Persons	Clean-sings	Persons	Clean -sings

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The following is a summary of other action taken

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The following is the Report submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries for the nine months from 31st March to 31st December, 1950:- Prevalence of Rats and Mice

Type of Property	Total	Number of properties in Local Authority's area in which infestation was			Number of properties infested by:-
		Notified byOccupier	Otherwise discovered	Recorded Total	Rats +		Mice only
		Notified byOccupier	Otherwise discovered	Recorded Total	Major infestations.	Minor infestations.	Mice only

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Measures of Control by Local Authority

No. of notices served under Section 4		No.of treatments carried out:-				Block treatments of properties in diff. erent occupancies under Section 6(i) or by informal arrangement
No. of notices served under Section 4		By arrangement with Occupier		Under Section 5(i)
Treat ments	Works	Rats +	Mice only	Rats +	Mice only	No. of blocks	Surface properties	Associated sewers
Treat ments	Works	Rats +	Mice only	Rats +	Mice only	No. of blocks	No. of separate ooc upanclflB	No. of manholes treate

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The following is a summary of the work carried out by the Counoil's Women Health Officers in connection with the care of old people during the year 1950:-

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The post-war new housing schemes completed or being dealt with by the Council are summarised as follows

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The following four areas represented by me, were approved during 1950 by the Council as being ready for clearance and appropriate action is being taken

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Inspections

Premises	Number onRegister	Number of Inspections	Number ofWrittenNotices

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Defects found

Particulars	No. ofdefectsfound	No. ofdefectsremedied	No. of defects referred
Particulars	No. ofdefectsfound	No. ofdefectsremedied	To H. M. Inspectors	By H. M. Inspectors

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The following table shows the nature of the work carried out by the 169 home workers on the register of outworkers during 1950:-

Nature of work	Number

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All premises where food is prepared, stored or exposed for sale for human consumption are frequently inspected and the following is a record of the inspections made by the food inspectors engaged on this work for 1950:-

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Milk (Special Designations) (Pasteurized and Sterilized Milk) Regulations, 1949 Details of licences granted during 1950 are as follows:-

	Principal	Supplementary

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The following table shows the number of samples of processed milk taken during the year, together with results of examination:-

Grade	No, of samples	Methylene blue test		Phosphatase test		Turbidity test
		Methylene blue test		Phosphatase test		Turbidity test		Passed	Failed	Passed	Failed	Passed	Failed

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Month	No, of samples taken	Average percentage
Month	No, of samples taken	Milk fats	Non-fat solids

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Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949 A summary of the alterations made in the register of dairymen and dairies during 1950, and the number of persons and dairies registered at the end of the year is shown in the following table:-

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Details of the adulterated samples are as follows:-

Sample	Nature of Adulteration	Remarks

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During the year the following amounts of food were surrendered and condemned as unfit for human consumption:-

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The following table shows the number of samples taken during the year for chemical analysis, compared with 1949.

No. of samples	Variation of fat content.	Variation of non-fat solids content	Averagefat content	Ave rage non-fat solids content

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The following table shows particulars of notifications received in 1950:- Food poisoning notifications (corrected)

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Year	Measles notifications.
Year	Measles notifications.

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The following table shows the number of cases added to and the number removed from, the notification register during the year:-

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The following table gives a summary of the results obtained: -

	Royal Palace Hotel 30th Aug.to 21st Sept.	Royal College of Arts16th Nov.	N.Kensington Comnunity Centre 20th Nov. to 23rd Nov.

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TABLE 1

Notifiable disease	Number of cases notified
Notifiable disease	1950	1949	1948	1947	1946	1945	1944	1943

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TABLE 2

Notifiable Disease	Number of Cases Notified in 1950 Age Groups in Years
	Number of Cases Notified in 1950 Age Groups in Years								Under 1	1 to 2	3 to 4	5 to 9	10 to 14	15 to 24	25 & over	age unknown

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR KENSINGTON

CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN 1950

The arrangements have continued to prove satisfactory and the following is a summary of the work performed during the years:-

Medicinal Baths (Personal Cleansing Station) The record of work done during 1950 is as follows

The following is a summary of other action taken

The following is the Report submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries for the nine months from 31st March to 31st December, 1950:- Prevalence of Rats and Mice

Measures of Control by Local Authority

The following is a summary of the work carried out by the Counoil's Women Health Officers in connection with the care of old people during the year 1950:-

The post-war new housing schemes completed or being dealt with by the Council are summarised as follows

The following four areas represented by me, were approved during 1950 by the Council as being ready for clearance and appropriate action is being taken

Inspections

Defects found

The following table shows the nature of the work carried out by the 169 home workers on the register of outworkers during 1950:-

All premises where food is prepared, stored or exposed for sale for human consumption are frequently inspected and the following is a record of the inspections made by the food inspectors engaged on this work for 1950:-

Milk (Special Designations) (Pasteurized and Sterilized Milk) Regulations, 1949 Details of licences granted during 1950 are as follows:-

The following table shows the number of samples of processed milk taken during the year, together with results of examination:-

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Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949 A summary of the alterations made in the register of dairymen and dairies during 1950, and the number of persons and dairies registered at the end of the year is shown in the following table:-

Details of the adulterated samples are as follows:-

During the year the following amounts of food were surrendered and condemned as unfit for human consumption:-

The following table shows the number of samples taken during the year for chemical analysis, compared with 1949.

The following table shows particulars of notifications received in 1950:- Food poisoning notifications (corrected)

The following table shows the number of cases added to and the number removed from, the notification register during the year:-

The following table gives a summary of the results obtained: -

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