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Kensington 1913

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

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vii.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
A.—Vital Statistics.
Page
Population 3
Births 4
Deaths 6
„ from Zymotic Diseases 8
„ oF Infants 8
Infantile Mortality, Causes of 9
B.- Prevalence of Disease.
Infectious Diseases 15
Small Pox 15
Diphtheria 15
Scarlet Fever 16
Enteric Fever 16
Puerperal Fever 17
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 17
Poliomyelitis 17
Measles 19
Whooping Cough 19
Epidemic Diarrhœa 19
Tuberculosis 22
Cancer 32
C.—Food Supply.
Milk Shops 37
Ice Cream Vendors 38
Places where Food is Sold 38
Bakehouses 38
Slaughter Houses 38
Unsound Food 39
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 39
Cream Regulations, 1912 40
Water Supply 40
D.—Housing.
Inhabited Houses 45
Council's Lodging Houses 45
Houses Let in Lodgings 46
Furnished Rooms 46
Common Lodging Houses 47
Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations
1910 47
Underground Rooms 48
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts 50
E.—Factories and Workshops.
Page
Women's Workshops 58
Home Work 54
Men's Workshops 57
Home Office Tables 57
F.—Sanitation.
Dust Removal 63
Drainage Work 63
Nuisance from Smoke 63
Public Lavatories 63
Sanitary Inspection 63
Legal Proceedings 64
Disinfection 65
Cleansing Station 66
Rag Flock act, 1911 66
Public Baths and Washhouses 66
Public Mortuary 67
Vaccination 67
G.—Appendix.
Local Government Board Tables.
Table I.—Vital Statistics, 1913 and
Previous Years 71
Table II.—Infectious Diseases 72
Table III.—Causes of Death 73
Table IV.—Infantile Mortality 74
London County Council Summary.
Table IX.—Proceedings during 1913 83
Other Statistical Tables.
Table V.—Births and Deaths in
Quinquennial Periods 75
Table VI.—Zymotic Deaths in Quinquennial
Periods 76
Table VII.—Zymotic Death Rates in
Quinquennial Periods 76
Table VIII.—Deaths, Sex, Age and
Cause 77
Table X.--Work of Sanitary Inspectors
84
Tables XI. to XV.—Vital Statistics
for Selected Streets 85, 86
Tables XVI. to XVIII.—Working Class
Rents and Retail Prices 87