Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926
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District. | 1926. | Birth-rates in previous years. | |||||
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No. of Births. | Birth-rate. | 1925. | 1924. | 1923. | 1922. | 1921. |
Period. | Birth-rate per 1.000 population. |
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Source of Notification. | Number of Births Notified. | ||||
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Still Births. | Live Births. | Total Births. |
Year. | Percentage. |
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District. | 1926. | Death-rates in previous years. | |||||
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No. of Deaths. | Death-rate. | 1925. | 1924. | 1923. | 1922. | 1921. |
Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. |
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Cause of Death. | Number of Deaths. |
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Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases per 1000 persons living. | ||
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Period. | Kensington. | London. |
Parts Affected. | Sex. | Total. | |
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Male. | Female. |
Year. | No. of Deaths. | Year. | No. of Deaths |
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Four Weeks ending | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping. Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Phthisis. | Cancer. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis. |
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1926. | Infantile Mortality Rate in previous four years, | ||||||
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District. | No. of Births. | No. of Deaths of children under 1 year of age. | Infantile Mortality rate. | ||||
1925 | 1924 | 1923 | 1922 |
Period. | England and Wales. | London. | Kensington. |
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Causes of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1—2 2—3 weeks, weeks | 3—4 weeks. | Total 4 weeks | 1—3 3—6 6—9 9—12 months, months, months, months. | Total Infant Deaths under 1 year. |
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Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. |
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Year. | Deaths of all children under 1 year of age per 1,000 births. | Deaths of illegitimate children under 1 year of age per 1,000 illegitimate births. |
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Births per 1000 Population. | Deaths per 1000 Population. | Infantile Deaths per 1000 Births. |
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Nature of Infection. | Premises Disinfected. | Rooms Disinfected. | Disinfections at Wood Lane. | No. of Articles Disinfected. |
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Year. | Bathers. |
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Year. | Washers. |
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Number examined | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||||||||||
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Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Age 14. | Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Age 14. | |||||||||
1046 | 511 | 866 | 722 | 987 | 605 | 815 | 763 | |||||||||
Defect. | Cases. | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. I | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. 1 1 | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. 1 | Cases referrec for treat ment. |
Age Group. | Number examined. | Clothing and Boots. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of Head. | Cleanliness of Body | Teeth. | Vision. | |||||||||||||
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Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Average. | Below normal. | Bad. | Clean. | Nits. | Pediculi. | Clean. | Dirty. | Pediculi. | All sound. | Less than 4 decayed. | Four or more decayed. | 6/6 in both eyes. | 6/9 in either or both eyes. | 6/12 or worse in either eye. |
Cases, | Visits. |
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Cases Attended. | Visits Paid. |
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£ | s. | d. |
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£ | s. | d. |
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DESCRIPTION OF INSPECTIONS. &c. | NUMBER OF DISTRICT | Temporary Inspectors | Grand Total | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
NUMBER OF DISTRICT | Temporary Inspectors. | Grand Total | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
DESCRIPTION OF WORK, &c. | NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Temporary Inspectors | Grand Total | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | s | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1C | 1 | 2 |
Nature of Offence. | Number of Summonses heard before the Magistrates. | Magistrates' Decisions. |
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Nature of Offence. | Number of Summonses heard before the Magistrates. | Magistrates' Decisions. |
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Trade or Business. | Workshops. | Factories. | Total. |
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Trade or Business. | Workshops. | Factories. | Total. |
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Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
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Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. |
Milkshops. | Restaurants. | Totals. |
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Special Class of Milk. | Maximum number of bacteria permitted per c.c. | Standard for bacillus coli. |
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Sample collected on | Producer. ''Certified Milk." | Bacteria per 1 c.c. | Coli per l/10th c.c. |
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Months. | Number of Formal Samples Taken. | Average Composition of all Samples Submitted, Genuine and Adulterated. | Average Composition of Genuine Samples. | Ministry of Agriculture Standard. | |||
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Percentage of Milk Fat. | Percentage of Solids not Fat. | Percentage of Milk Fat. | Percentage of Solids not Fat. | Percentage of Milk Fat. | Percentage of Solids not Fat |
Month. | Beasts. | Animals Slaughtered. Swine. | Sheep. |
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Nature of Sample. | Number Taken. | Number Adulterated. |
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Nature of Sample. | Number Taken. | Number Adulterated. |
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Article Analysed. | Nature and Amount of Adulteration. | Action taken. |
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Article Analysed. | Nature and Amount of Adulteration. | Action taken. |
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Nature of Offence. | Result. |
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Nature of Offence. | Result. |
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Nature of Offence. | Result. |
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Food. | Preservative. | Parts per Million. |
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Year. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Puer. peral Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Pneumonia. | Malaria. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | P. M'uis & Polio Encephalitis. | Smal-pox. | cerebro spinal Meningitis. | Dysentery. | *Enter itis. | Total. |
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Four Weeks ending | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia.† | Pneumonia. | Malaria. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | P. M'itis & PolioEncephalitis. | Small-pox. | Cerebro spinal Meningitis. | Dysentery. | Enteritis. | Total. |
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District. | Period No. 1. | Period No. 2. | Period No. 3. | Period No. 4. | Period No. 5. | Period No. 6. | Period No. 7. | Period No. 8. | Period No. 9. | Period No. 10. | Period No. 11 | Period No. 12. | Period No. 13. |
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District. | Period No. 1. | Period No. 2. | Period No. 3. | Period No. 4. | Period No 5. | Period No. 6. | Period No. 7. | Period No. 8 | Period No 9. | Period No. 10. | Period No. 11 | Period No. 12 | Period No. 13 |
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Case No. | Age of child on receipt of notification. | Eyes affected. | Where treated. | Result of treatment. |
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No. | Sex. | Age. | Date of Notification. | Result. |
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No. | Sex | Age. | Date of Notification. | Result. |
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No. | Sex- | Age. | Date of Notification. | Result. |
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Year | Kensington | London | England |
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Year | No. of deaths of infants under one year of age | No. dueto enteritis and diarrhœa | Percentage due to enteritis and diarrhœa |
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Year | No. of Notifications | Cases treated by Dr. Carter | No. of deaths amongst Dr Carter's cases | Cases nursed by. District Nurses | No, of visits paid by District Nurses | No. of de-ths amongst District Nurses' cases |
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Year | No. of Notifications | Cases treated by Dr. Carter | No. of deaths amongst Dr. Carter's cases | Cases nursed by District Nurses | No. of visits paid by District N urses | No, of deaths amongst District N arses' cases |
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Four Weeks ending | Zymotic Enteritis | Epidemic Diarrhoea | Acute Enteritis | Diarrhœa and Vomiting | Gastro-Enteritis | Infantile Enteritis | Infantile Diarrhœa | Enteritis | Chronic Diarrhoea | Diarrhœa | Total |
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Four Weeks ending | Zymotic Enteritis | Enteritis (Infective) | Acute Enteritis | GastroEnttritis | Enteritis | Asthenia anil Enteritis | bronchitis and Enteritis | Total |
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Four Weeks ending | No. of Notifications of all forms | No. referred to Dr. Carter | No. ol visits by Dr. Carter | No. treated by Dr. Carter throughout illness | No. sent by Dr. Carter to hospital | No. of deaths of patients treated by Dr. Carter |
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Four Weeks ending | No. of cases referred to District Nurses. | No.of cases visited by District Nurses. | No. of visits paid by District Nurses. | Mo. of cases treated by District Nurses throughout. | No. of cases treated by District Nurses sent to hospital. | No.of deaths of cases treated by District Nurses. |
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District. | 1919. | 1920. | 1921. | Years. | 1924. | 1925. | 1926 | |
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1922. | 1923. |
Age Periods. Years; | New Cases† | Deaths. | ||||||
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Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
M. | F | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Year. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other Forms of Tuberculosis. | Tuberculosis (all forms). | |||||
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No. of Notifications. | No. of Deaths. | Deaths per 100,000 persons living. | No. of Notifications. | No. of Deaths. | Deaths per 100,000 persons living. | No. of Deaths. | Deaths per 100,000 persons living. |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other Forms of Tuberculosis. |
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. |
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Adults. | Children under IS yrs. | Total. | |||
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Males, | Females. | Males. | Females. |
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
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Males | Females | Males | Females |
Women Health | Officers. | total. | ||||||
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No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No 7 |
No. of Occupants |
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Year. | Cases. | Visits. |
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Description of Work. | Health Officers. | |||||||
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No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. | No. 6. | No. 7. | Total. |
Particulars of Work done. | Archer Street. | Bramley Road with Kenley Street Branch. | Camp-den Hill. | Earl's Court. | Gol-borne. | Lancaster Road. | Rav-mede. | Totals. |
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Centre | No. of patients. | No. of attendances. | Extractions. | Fillings. | Dentures. | Other Treatments. |
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1924. Oct. 1st to Dec. 31st | 1925. | 1926. |
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Golborne. | Lancaster Road. | Notting Hill Day Nursery | St. Clement's, Tread-gold St. | Totals |
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466, Uxbridge Road. | 2, Upper Phillimore Place. | Totals. |
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No. of Visits to Infant Welfare Institutions. | No. of Visits to other Institutions, Clubs, &c. | No. of special visits to homes. | No. of lectures given. | No. of persons lectured to. |
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No. of pints of Milk granted. | Price per pint paid by Recipients. | Estimated Cost to Council. | ||
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No. of packets of Milk granted. | Price per lb. packet paid by Recipients. | Estimated Cost to Council. | ||||
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£ | s. | d. |
No. of Dinners granted. | Price per Dinner paid by Recipients. | Estimated Cost to Council. | ||
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£ | s. | d. |
No. of packets of Dried Milk supplied. | Cost to the Board of Guardians. | No. of Dinners supplied | Cost to the Board of Guaidians. |
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Centre. | Representatives. |
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North Kensington | South Kensington | The Borough |
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Ward. | Name of Keeper. | Address of Common Lodging House. | No. of Lodgers for which licensed in 1926. | ||
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Male. | Female. | Total. |
Single-Family Houses. | Self-contained Flats. | Tenement Houses Let in Lodgings. | Totals. | |||
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No. of Houses. | No. of Families accommodated in Tenement Houses. | Houses. | Families. |
Overcrowding— | 1925. | 1926. |
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1925. | 1926. |
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Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District | |||||||
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Uncorrected Member. | Nett. | |||||||||||
of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of Resi-dents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age | At all Ages. | |||||||||
Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. * | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Causes of Death | Sex. | All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and upwards |
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Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | otal Deaths under One Year. |
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HEALTH OFFICERS | Total. | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
date. | Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District. | Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets. | Number of these Births duly entered iu Columns 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets), viz.: | Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account, (as shown by Report Book) of | ||||||||
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Column 1. Success fully Vaccinated. | Column II. | Column V, Dead, Unvaccinated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removed to other Districts and notified to Vaccination Officers of the Districts. | Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found. | Not accounted for. | Total Number of Certificates of Successful Vaccination received during the Calendar Year, 1926. | |||||
Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Certificate of Conscientious Objection. |
Medical Officer of Health and Administrative Tuberculosis Officer. | Year of Appoint meat |
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