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Kensington 1914

[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 7
„ 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
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 17
Measles 18
Whooping Cough 18
Epidemic Diarrhcea 19
Tuberculosis 19
Cancer 27
C.—Food Supply.
Milk Shops 33
Ice Cream Vendors 33
Places where Food is Sold 34
Bakehouses 34
Slaughter Houses 34
Unsound Food 35
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 35
Cream Regulations, 1912 36
Water Supply 36
D.—Housing.
Inhabited Houses 39
Council's Lodging Houses 39
Houses Let in Lodgings 39
Furnished Rooms 40
Common Lodging Houses 40
Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations
1910 41
Underground Rooms 41
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts 42
E.—Factories and Workshops.
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Women's Workshops 45
Home Work 46
Men's Workshops 48
Home Office Tables 51
F.—Sanitation.
Dust Removal 55
Drainage Work 55
Nuisance from Smoke 55
Public Lavatories 55
Sanitary Inspection 55
Legal Proceedings 56
Disinfection 56
Cleansing Station 57
Rag Flock Act, 1911 58
Public Baths and Washhouses 58
Public Mortuary 58
Vaccination 59
G.—Appendix.
Local Government Board Tables.
Table I.—Vital Statistics, 1914 and
Previous Years 63
Table II.—Infectious Diseases 64
Table III.—Causes of Death 65
Table IV.—Infantile Mortality 66
London County Council Summary.
Table IX.—Proceedings during 1914 75
Other Statistical Tables.
Table V.—Births and Deaths in
Quinquennial Periods 67
Table VI.—Zymotic Deaths in Quinquennial
Periods 68
Table VII.—Zymotic Death Rates in
Quinquennial Periods 68
Table VIII.—Deaths, Sex, Age and
Cause 69
Table X.--Work of Sanitary Inspectors
76