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Dysentery.—Seventeen cases of dysentery occurred during the year. One was of the Flexner
variety and 16 cases were infected with the Sonne organism.
Of the Sonne cases, two occurred amongst the staff of the Princess Louise Hospital; two in
private houses, one in North Kensington and one in South Kensington ; the remaining 12 cases
were reported from St. Mary Abbots Hospital and are dealt with by Dr. Carter in his report on
enteritis.
Acute Rheumatism.—During the year under review, 46 cases of this disease were notified, 18 of
which were removed to hospital for treatment.
The fourth annual report on the working of the rheumatism scheme during the period
1st October, 1930, to 30th September, 1931, prepared by the physician in charge of the centre and
the medical officer of health, appears as Appendix I to this report.
Other Notifiable Diseases.—With the exception of tuberculosis, which is dealt with in a
separate section, no notifiable infectious diseases, other than those to which reference has been
made, were notified during the year.
Non-Notifiable Diseases.
Measles.—There were no deaths from measles in Kensington during the year. The women
health officers paid 137 visits to measles patients. Forty-four cases were removed to the London
county council hospitals.
Whooping Cough.—There were ten deaths from this cause. The deaths in the three preceding
years were 10, 65 and 4. The women health officers paid 298 visits to cases of this disease during
the year. The number of cases admitted to hospitals from Kensington was 68.
In 1930, the council approved of a scheme to be put into operation on the appearance of an
epidemic of whooping cough, and they resolved to establish two clinics for the treatment of the
disease, one at the school treatment centre in Kenley Street and the other at the Baby Clinic and
school treatment centre at No. 92, Tavistock Road.
As whooping cough did not appear in epidemic form during the year 1931, there was no occasion
to put the scheme into operation.

* This table does not include the work carried out at Wood Lane on behalf of the
Paddington borough council.
The total weight of the bedding, clothing, etc., of Kensington residents disinfected was 48
tons 13 cwts. 3 qrs. 12 lbs. The number or articles disinfected only was 19,670 and the number
disinfected and washed, 1,156.
The laundry work for the medicinal baths is performed at the disinfecting station and this
work involved in 1931 the washing of 10,769 towels, 239 sheets and 50 other articles.
The Paddington authority have entered into an agreement with the council for the disinfection
of all articles removed from Paddington homes to be performed at the Kensington disinfecting
station. As the Paddington council require certain of the articles to be washed after disinfection,
the charge was fixed at 20s. per cwt. of articles dealt with, but there is a proviso in the agreement
that the minimum payment per annum is to be £600.
The weight of Paddington articles disinfected in 1931 was 24 tons 17 cwts. 2 qrs. 25 lbs.
The number of articles disinfected was 9,342 and the number disinfected and washed was 2,279.