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Kensington 1930

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

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The number of patients on the dispensary register on December 31st, 1930, was 877, whilst
at the beginning of the year they numbered 814.
A comparison of the dispensary figures with the total number on the register (1076) shows
that the majority of the tuberculosis cases are dealt with through the Council's scheme.
Residential Institutional Treatment, Light Treatment, X-Ray Diagnosis, etc.
The facilities available for residential institutional treatment at sanatoria and St. Mary Abbots
Hospital, for medical consultations. X-ray diagnosis and light treatment, will be found on page 82
of the Annual Report for 1928, which also contains reference to the close co-operation of the Council's
staff with general medical practitioners and other bodies and institutions.

Table: Home Visiting The number of home visits paid in 1930 by the Council's women health officers is shown in the following table:—

Home Visiting The number of home visits paid in 1930 by the Council's women health officers is shown in the following table:—

Women Health Officers.total.
No. 1No. 2No. 8No. 4No. 5No. 6No. 7
Tuberculosis.
Pulmonary. First Visits40133136242864236
Re-Visits2161402132282372623891,685
Non-Pulmonary.
First Visits127910471362
Re-Visits1189614251488988632

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Housing conditions form an important element in regard to tuberculosis, and home visits are
valuable in this connection. The sleeping arrangements are frequently unsatisfactory and the
women health officers always enquire into them. Wherever possible, desirable alterations are
pointed out and urged upon the family.

Table: The following table giving the number of rooms occupied by the families of definite cases of tuberculosis diagnosed in 1930 by the Tuberculosis Officer, and the number of occupants, ascertained by the women health officers on their visits to the homes, is inserted to show the difficulties experienced in securing home isolation in many cases:—

The following table giving the number of rooms occupied by the families of definite cases of tuberculosis diagnosed in 1930 by the Tuberculosis Officer, and the number of occupants, ascertained by the women health officers on their visits to the homes, is inserted to show the difficulties experienced in securing home isolation in many cases:—

No. of occupants.
12345673910
Rooms 16531------=15 cases
„ 2-117148352-1=51 „
„ 3—161096----=32 „
„ 41161083231-=35 „
„ 5-1-54112-1=15 „
6----22-1--= 5 „
153 cases

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This total falls 23 short of the total number of cases owing to patients living in boarding
houses, private hotels or large private residences not being included.

Table: It is now six years since this table was nrst given in tne annual report, and it is interesting to note that the overcrowding which is so often associated with tuberculosis shows slight improvement as follows :—

It is now six years since this table was nrst given in tne annual report, and it is interesting to note that the overcrowding which is so often associated with tuberculosis shows slight improvement as follows :—

1925.No. of rooms per occupant in all tuberculous families in the table.55
1926.Ditto.ditto..58
1927.Ditto.ditto..59
1928.Ditto.ditto..61
1929.Ditto.ditto..67
1930.Ditto.ditto..73