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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District. | 1935. | Birth rates in previous years. | |||||||
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No. of births. | Birth rate. | 1934 | 1933 | 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. | 1935 | Death rates in previous years. | ||||||
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No. of deaths. | Death rate. | 1934 | 1933 | 1932 | 1931 | 1930 | 1929 |
Period. | Death rate per 1,000 living. |
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Parts affected. | Sex. | Total. | |
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Male. | Female. |
Four weeks ending | Scarlet fever. | Whooping cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Phthisis. | Cancer. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Diarrhoea and enteritis. |
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District. | 1935 | 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. | 1934 | 1933 | 1932 | 1931 |
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 nonths. | 6—9 months. | 9—12 months. | Total infant deaths under 1 year |
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Number examined | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||||||||||
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Entrants. 690 | Age 7. 561 | Age 11. 668 | Age 14. 675 | Entrants. 746 | Age 7. 531 | Age 11. 622 | Age 14. 739 | |||||||||
Cases. | • | Cases. | • | Cases. | • | Cases. | * | Cases. | • | Cases. | * | Cases. | • | Cases. | • |
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. |
£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
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£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
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DESCRIPTION OF WORK. | NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Housing Inspectors. | Total | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Housing Inspec. tors. | Total | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
DESCRIPTION OF WORK. | NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Housing Inspectors. | Total | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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. | Bramley Road. | Campden Hill. | Golborne. | Kenley Street. | Lancaster Road. | Raymede. | South Kensington. | Sutton Trust. | Totals. |
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Centre. | No. of patients. | No. of attendances | Extractions. | Fillings. | Dentures. | Other treatments. |
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1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 |
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Golborne. | Lancaster Road. | Notting Hill. | St. Clement's. | Totals. |
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Institution. | No. of mothers admitted with babies. | No. of mothers admitted without babies. |
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Number of lectures. | 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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£ | s. | d. |
Name of area. | Date of declaration. | Action taken. | No. of premises originally on site. | No. of persons originally in occupation. | Position at end of 1935. |
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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. |
Size of family (" equivalent number " of persons). | Size of dwelling occupied, in terms of the maximum " equivalent number * of persons permitted to occupy it without causing it to be overcrowded. | Totals of families. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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0* | ½* | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 4½ | 5 | 5½ | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7½ | 8 | 8½ | 9 | 9½ | 10 | l0½ | 11 | 11½ | 12 | 12½ | 13 & over | Overcrowded. | Not overcrowded. | TOTAL. |
Ward. | Total families investigated. | Families overcrowded. | Families not overcrowded. |
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Metropolitan borough. | Number of overcrowded families. | Number of " equivalent persons " overcrowded. | Proportion of estimated total " equivalent population " in the borough overcrowded. Per cent. |
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Sample collected on | Bacteria per 1 c.c. | Coli per l/10th c.c. | Sample collected on | Bacteria per 1 c.c. | Coli per l/10th c.c. |
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Sample collected on | Bacteria Coli per per 1 c.c. l/100th c.c. | Sample collected on | Bacteria Coli per per 1 c.c. l/100th c.c. |
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On register Dec. 31, 1934. | Added to register during 1935. | On register Dec. 31. 1935. |
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Offence. | Action taken. |
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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. |
Article analysed. | Nature and amount of adulteration. | Action taken. |
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Year. | Smallpox. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric fever. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia neonatorum | Puerperal fever. | Puerperal pyrexia. | Pneumonia. | Malaria. | Encephalitis lethargica. | P. m'itis 3c polioencephalitis. | JAcute rheumatism. | Cerebro spinal meningitis. | Dysentery. | •Enteritis. | Total. |
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Four Weeks ending | Smallpox. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric fever. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia neonatorum. | Puerperal fever. | Puerperal pyrexia. | Pneumonia. | Malaria. | Encephalitis lethargica. | Acute rheumatism. | Cerebro spinal meningitis. | 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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Age periods. | New cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
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Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | ||||
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Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. |
Year. | Pulmonary tuberculosis. | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis. | Tuberculosis (all forms). | |||||
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No. of notifications. | No. 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. |
District. | Years. | |||||||||
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1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | 1932. | 1933. | 1934. | 1936. |
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. |
Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous to 1935 | 1935 | Previous to 1935 | 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Bones and joints | Abdominal | Other organs | Peripheral glands | Total | Bones and joints | Abdominal | Other organs | Peripheral glands | Total | ||||||||||
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) |
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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1930-31 | 1931-32 | 1932-33 | 1933-34 | 1934-35 |
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Name. | Sex. | Pre-sect age. | First attack. | First seen. | MS. first noted. | A.R. | Date of E.C. | Time of E.C. after M.S. first noted. | Age at E.C. | Active rheumatic carditis at date of E.C. | Deviation. | P waves. | E.C. |
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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 nonresidents registered in the district. | of residents not registered in the district. | Under 1 year of age. | At all ages. | |||||||||
Number. | Rate.1 | Number. | Rate." | Number. | Rate per 1,000 net births. | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | S | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each ward. | Cases admitted to hospital. | Total deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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At all ages | At ages.—Years. | St. Charles. | Golborne. | Norland. | Pembridge. | Holland. | Earl's Court. | Queen's Gate. | Redcliffe. | Brompton. | ||||||||||||||
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 5 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 OFFICERS. | total | ||||||||
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*1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
DATE. 1934. | 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 vaccination received during the calendar year, 1935. | ||||||
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Column I. successfully vaccinated | Column II. | Column V. dead, unvacci-nated. | Postponement by medical certificate. | Removal to other districts 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. | |||||
Insusceptible of vaccination | Certificate of conscientious objection. |
Year of Appointment. |
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