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Kensington 1926

The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926

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INDEX.
PAGE
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS 2
INTRODUCTION 8
VITAL STATISTICS, 3
Births 4
Births Notified (Table) 6
Birth Rates, Death Rates, and Infantile
Mortality Rates in 29 Metropolitan
Cities and Boroughs (Table) 14
Birth Rate, Decline in (Table) 5
Births, Wards and Rates (Table) 5
Cancer 8
Causes of Death 7
Deaths 6
Deaths from Certain Diseases (Table) 9
Deaths, Wards and Rates (Table) 7
Heart Disease 8
Infantile Mortality— 9
Deaths, Above Standard 12
Deaths, Causes of (Table) 11
Deaths each month (Table) 10
Deaths in Wards (Table) 9
Illegitimate Births, Last 7 years
(Table) 13
Illegitimate Infant Deaths 12
Infantile Mortality Rates (Table) 10
Marriages 4
Maternal Mortality 13
Notification of Births Act, 1907 5
Population 4
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH
SERVICES IN THE AREA 14
Ambulance Facilities 22
Bacteriological Work 16
Chapel of Rest 17
Children's Hospital 19
Cleansing of Verminous Persons 18
Disinfection, Rooms, Bedding, &c. 16
„ Library Books 16
Health Lecturer 15
Home Nursing, Golborne Infant Welfare
Centre 22
Kensington and Fulham General Hospital 19
Kensington District Nursing Association 21
Kensington Institution 18
Male Sanitary Inspectors 15
Medical Officers 15
Medicinal Baths 18
Midwifery Arrangements 22
Mortuary 17
Nursing, Professional, in the home 21
Other Health Services 22
Out-Door Relief 19
Poor Law Authority 18
Public Baths and Washhouses 17
St. Mary Abbot's Hospital 19
School Medical Service 20
School Treatment Centres 21
Staff, Clerical 15
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Staff, Other 15
Subscriptions to Voluntary Health
Organisations 28
Women Health Officers 15
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
AND ADMINISTRATION 24
Dust Removal 28
Factories and Workshops— 31
Defects Fouud (Table) 35
Home Office Tables 34
Home Work 38
Inspections (Table) 34
Men's Workshops 31
Outworkers (Table) 33
Women's Workshops 32
Fouling of Footpaths by Dogs 30
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest
(Restrictions) Acts, 1920-1928 29
Public Conveniences 29
Rag Flock Act, 1911 29
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 30
Refuse Removal from Mews 29
Sanitary Inspection— 24
Inspections made (Table) 24
Legal Proceedings 27
Notices issued (Table) 25
Works completed (Table) 26
Sewage and Drainage 28
Smoke Abatement 29
Verminous Premises cleansed 30
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION
OF FOOD 35
Analyses, Results of 43
Bakehouses 40
Cowsheds 38
Cream Regulations. 45
Dailies and Milkshops, Inspection of 37
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order,
1885 (Proceedings undtr) 45
Food Poisoning 47
Food Supply 35
Ice Cream 40
Margarine and Butter Substitutes 47
Meat 39
Milk, Addition of colouring matter to 38
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922 36
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(Proceedings under) 44
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915 85
„ „ Order, 1926 36
„ „ „ „ (Proceedings
under) 44
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923 37
Milk supplied in Kensington, Composition
of 38
„ Supply 35
„ Utensils in Infected Houses 38
Other Places where Food is prepared 40