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Kensington 1923

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

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Table: The following table shows the number of notifications of pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis received since 1913, together with the number of deaths and death-rates in each year.

The following table shows the number of notifications of pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis received since 1913, together with the number of deaths and death-rates in each year.

The Year.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Other Forms of Tuberculosis.Tuberculosis (all formsi.
No. of NotificationsNo, 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.
19136281891112215130240140
19145011891101817845267156
19154021831071627745260152
19163001861221295435240157
1917445178117986643244161
1918336203131964730250161
1919489169107933824207131
1920293135821144427179109
192128815387863218185105
19222521397887301716995
192328011766123351915285

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Reference to the first of the two preceding tables will show that there was an increase in the
number of notifications received in 1923, namely 403, as compared with 339 for 1922 and 374 for
1921. This does not necessarily mean an increased incidence of disease, but probably represents a
more intensive search carried out by the Dispensary staff and the medical profession at large,
perhaps associated with the special steps taken during the year to secure a more complete
notification of the complaint. In support of this view, it should be noted that the death rate
continues to show a steady fall, as shown in the last column of the second of the two preceding
tables. This fall from 161 deaths per 100,000 in 1918 to 85 per 100,000 in 1923 is very satisfactory
If it be true, as above suggested, that a more complete notification is now taking place, this in
itself, by the increased opportunity of reaching the cases, should help in diminishing the mortality
rate still further, as the first essential in trying to cope with the disease is a full and accurate
knowledge of its incidence.

Table: Deaths from Tuberculosis in 1923 Allocated to District of UsualResidence of Patients.

Deaths from Tuberculosis in 1923 Allocated to District of UsualResidence of Patients.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Other Forms of Tuberculosis
The Borough11735
North Kensington8124
South Kensington3511
Wards.
St. Charles226
Golborne228
Norland283
Pembridge97
Holland101
Earl's Court7-
Queen's Gate55
Redcliffe133
Brompton—2
Ward Unknown1-

Table: The places where deaths from tuberculosis occurred are set forth in the following list:—

The places where deaths from tuberculosis occurred are set forth in the following list:—

Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Other Forms of Tuberculosis.
St Mary Abbot's Hospital429
Patient's Home4910
Brompton Hospital11
St. Luke's Home1—
Outlying Hospitals2012
Other places outside the Borough43

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DISPENSARY TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
North Kensington Dispensary.
The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary at Ladbroke Grove has been carried on during the
year 1923 on the same lines as planned by the Council when the Dispensary was taken over by