Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Male. | Female. | Total. |
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District. | 1934. | 1933 | Birth rates in previous years. | 1929 | |||
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No. of births. | Birth rate. | 1932 | 1931 | 1930 |
Period. | Birth rate per 1,000 population. |
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Source of notification. | Number of births notified. | ||
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Still births. | Live births. | Total births. |
District. | 1934 | Death rates in previous years. | ||||||
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No. of deaths. | Death rate. | 1933 | 1932 | 1931 | 1930 | 1929 | 1928 |
Period. | Death rate per 1,000 living. |
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Deaths from principal zymotic diseases per 1,000 persons living. | ||
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Period. | Kensington. | London. |
Parts affected. | Sex. | ||
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Male. | Female. | Total. |
Four weeks ending | Scarlet fever. | Whooping cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Phthisis. | Cancer. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Diarrhoea and enteritis. |
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District. | 1934 | Infant mortality rates in previous four years. | |||||
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No. of births. | No. of deaths of children under 1 year of age. | Infant mortality rate. | 1933 | 1932 | 1931 | 1930 |
Period. | England and Wales. | London. | Kensington. |
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Causes of death. | Under 1 week. | 1—2 weeks. | 2—3 weeks. | 3—4 weeks. | Total 4 weeks. | 1—3 months | 3—6 months | 6—9 months | 9—12 months. | Total infant deaths under 1 year. |
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Cases. | Visits. |
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Number examined | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||||||||||
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Entrants. 916 | Age 7. 426 | Age 11. 663 | Age 14. 852 | Entrants. 906 | Age 7. 486 | Age 11. 762 | Age 14. 849 |
Age Groups. | Number examined. | Clothing and boots. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of head. | Cleanliness of body. | Teeth. | Vision. | |||||||||||||
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Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Average. | Below normal. | Bad. | Clean. | Nits. | Pediculi. | Clean. | Dirty. | Pediculi. | All sound. | Less than 4 decayed. | Four or more decayed. | 6/6 in both eyes. | 6/9 in either or both eyes. | 6/12 or worse in either or both eyes. |
Voluntary work. | Work under notice. |
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DESCRIPTION OF INSPECTIONS, &c. | NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Housing Inspectors. | Grand Total | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Housing Inspectors. | Grand Total | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
DESCRIPTION OF WORK, &c. | NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Housing Inspectors. | Grand Total | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Offence. | No. of summonses. | Magistrate's decision. |
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Year. | Bathers. |
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Year. | Washers. |
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Trade or Business. | Workshops. | Factories. | Total. |
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Trade or Business. | Workshops. | Factories. | Total. |
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Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written notices. | Prosecutions. |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
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Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. |
Description of work. | Health officers. | ||||||||
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No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | * No. 8 | Total. |
Particulars of work done. | Archer Street. | Bramley Road. | Campden Hill. | Golborne. | Kenley Street. | Lancaster Road. | Raymede. | South Kensington. | Sutton Trust. | Totals. |
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1st Jan. to 30th Sept. |
Centre. | No. of patients. | No. of attendances | Extractions. | Fillings. | Dentures. | Other treatments. |
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1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 |
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Golborne. | Lancaster Road. | Notting Hill. | St. Clement's. | Totals. |
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Number of lectures. 1 | Number of individual mothers attending. | Number of attendances. | Average attendance at lecture. |
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Name of welfare centre at which the dried milk was distributed. | No. of 1-lb. packets sold. | Value of milk sold. |
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No. of rooms in respect of which closing orders were made. | No. of these rooms vacated. | Rooms still to be vacated at the end of year. |
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Ward. | Name of registered keeper. | Address of common lodging house. | No. of lodgers for which licensed. | ||
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Male. | Female. | Total. |
Months. | Number of formal samples taken. | Average composition of all samples submitted, genuine and adulterated. | Average composition of genuine samples. | Ministry of Agriculture standard. | |||
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Percentage of milk fat. | Percentage of solids not fat. | Percentage of milk fat. | Percentage of solids not fat. | Percentage of milk fat. | Percentage of solids not fat. |
Purveyors of milk in sealed bottles. | Dairymen. | Dairies and milkshops. |
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Principal licences. | * Supplementary licences. |
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On register Dec. 31, 1933. | Added to register during 1934. | On register Dec. 31, 1934. |
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Nature of sample. | Formal. | Informal. | ||
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Number taken. | Number adulterated. | Number taken. | Number adulterated. |
Nature of Sample. | Formal. | Informal. | ||
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Number taken. | Number adulterated. | Number taken. | Number adulterated. |
Food causing illness. | No. of cases. |
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Year. | Small-pox. | Scarlet fever. | Diph-theria. | Enteric fever. | Ery-sipelas. | Ophthal-mia neo-natorum. | Puer-peral fever. | Puer-peral pyrexia. | Pneu-monia. | Malaria. | Encepha-litis le-thargica. | P.m'itis & polio-ence-phalitis. | ‡ Acute rheum-atism. | Cerebro spinal mening-itis. | Dysent-ery. | * Enter-itis. | Total. |
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Four Weeks ending | Smallpox. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric fever. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia neonatorum. | Puerperal fever. | Puerperal pyrexia. | Pneumonia. | Malaria. | Acute rheumatism. | Cerebro spinal meiiingitis. | Dysentery. | Enteritis. | Polio myelitis. | Total. |
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District. | Period No. 1 | Period No. 2 | Period No. 3 | Period No. 4 | Period No. 5 | Period No. 6 | Period No. 7 | Period No. 8 | Period No. 9 | Period No. 10 | Period No. 11 | Period No. 12 | Period No. 13 |
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District. | Period No. 1 | Period No. 2 | Period No. 3 | Period No. 4 | Period No. 5 | Period No. 6 | Period No. 7 | Period No. 8 | Period No. 9 | Period No. 10 | Period No. 11 | Period No. 12 | Period No. 13 |
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Case. No. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total blindness. | Death. | ||
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Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
At home. | In hospital. |
No. | Sex. | Age. | Date of notification. | Result. |
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Scabies— | Total cleansings. |
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Nature of infection. | Premises disinfected. | Rooms disinfected. | Disinfections at Wood Lane. | No. of articles disinfected. |
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Year. | Cases. | Deaths. |
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District. | Years. | |||||||||
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1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | 1932. | 1933. | 1934. |
Age periods. | New cases.† | Deaths. | ||||||
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Respiratory. | Non-respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-respiratory. | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Year. | Pulmonary tuberculosis. | Other forms of tuberculosis. | Tuberculosis (all forms). | |||||
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No. of notifications. | No. of deaths. | Deaths per 100,000 per-sons living. | No. of notifications. | No. of deaths. | Deaths per 100,000 per-sons living. | No. of deaths. | Deaths per 100,000 persons living. |
Pulmonary tuberculosis. | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis. |
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Pulmonary tuberculosis. | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis. |
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Adults. | Children under 15 yrs. | Total. | |||
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Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. |
Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||
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Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. |
Women Health Officers. | TOTAL. | |||||||
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No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 |
No. of Rooms. | No. of occupants. | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total cases. |
Year. | Rooms per occupant. |
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Year. | Cases. | Visits. |
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Year. | No. of notifications. | Total number of notifications. | Total number of patients notified in the year who attended the centre. | |||
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Medical officers at rheumatism super-visory centre. | Private doctors. | School medical officers. | Hospitals and other institutions. |
Cases attending the centre. | |||||
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1929-30 | 1930-31 | 1931-32 | 1932-33 | 1933-34 |
Case. | Site. | Posture. | Persistence after first heard. | Electrocardiogram. | Remarks. |
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Case. | Site. | Posture. | Persistence after first heard. | Electrocardiogram. | Remarks. |
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Case. | Site. | Posture. | Persistence after first heard. | Electro-cardiogram. | Remarks. |
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Case. | Site. | Posture. | Persistence after first heard. | Electro-cardiogram. | Remarks. |
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Case. | Site. | Posture. | Persistence after first heard. | Electro cardiogram | Remarks. |
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Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total deaths registered in the district. | Transferable deaths | Net deaths belonging to the district | |||||||
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Uncorrected number. | Net. | of nonresdents registered in the district. | of residents not registered in the district. | Under 1 year of age. | At all ages. | |||||||
Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 net births. | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each ward. | Cases admitted to hospital. | Total deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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At ages.— Years. | St. Charles. | Golborne. | Norland. | Pembridge. | Holland. | Earl's Court. | Queen's Gate. | Redcliffe. | Brompton. | |||||||||||||||
At all ages | Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and over. |
Causes of Death. | Sex. | All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 6 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and upwards |
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Cause of death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total deaths under one year. |
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HEALTH OFFICER | TOTAL | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | *8 |
DATE.1933. | Registration sub-districts comprised in vaccination officer's district. | Number of births returned in birth list sheets. | Number of these births duly entered in columns 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the vaccination register (birth list sheets), viz. : | Number of these births which are not entered in the vaccination register, on account (as shown by report book) of | Total number of certificates of successful vaccinatior received during the calendar year, 1934. | ||||||
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Column I. success-fully vaccinated | Column II. | Column V. dead, unvacci-nated. | Postpone-ment by medical certificate. | Removal to other dis-tricts and notified to vaccination officers of the districts. | Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found. | Not accounted for. | |||||
Insuscep-tible of vaccination | Certificate of conscien-tious objection. |
Year of Appointment. |
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