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. | 1936. | Birth rates in previous years. | |||||
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No. of births. | Birth rate. | 1935 | 1934 | 1933 | 1932 | 1931 |
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. |
Year. | Percentage. |
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District. | 1936 | Death rates in previous years. | ||||||
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No. of deaths. | Death rate. | 1935 | 1934 | 1933 | 1932 | 1931 | 1930 |
Period. | Death rate per 1,000 living. |
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Cause of death. | Number of deaths. |
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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. | Diarrhoeaand enteritis. |
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District. | 1936. | 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. | 1935 | 1934 | 1933 | 1932 |
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 nonths. | 9—12 months. | Total infant deaths under1 year. |
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Disease. | 1st. | 2nd. | 3rd. | 4th. | Total. |
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Disease suspected. | Examinations. | Positive. |
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Cases. | Visits. |
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New cases. | Total attendances. |
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New cases. | Total attendances. |
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Cases. |
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Number examined | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||||||||||
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Entrants. | Age 7. | Age 11. | Age 14. | Entrants. | Age 7. | Age 11. | Age 14. | |||||||||
761 | 585 | 654 | 673 | 710 | 595 | 678 | 660 | |||||||||
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 worsein either or both eyes. |
£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
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DESCRIPTION OF WORK. | DISTRICT INSPECTORS. | Housing Inspectors. | Total | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
DISTRICT INSPECTORS. | Housing Inspec. tors. | Total | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
DESCRIPTION OF WORK. | DISTRICT INSPECTORS. | Housing Inspectors. | Total. | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Offence. | No. of summonses. | Magistrate's decision. |
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Bath. | Date of taking sample. | Condition of water. | Site in bath from which sample was taken. | Total cell-count of organisms per c.c. of water. |
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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. |
Number of defects. | Number of prosecutions. | |||
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Particulars. | 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. | Dalgarno. | Golborne. | Kenley Street. | Lancaster Road. | Raymede. | South Kensington. | Totals. |
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Centre. | Patients. | Attendances | Extractions. | Fillings. | Dentures. | Other treatments. |
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1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 |
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The following are the records for 1936:— |
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Golborne. | Lancaster Road. | Notting Hill. | St. Clement's. | Totals. |
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Name of welfare centre at which the dried milk was distributed. | No. of 1-lb. packets sold. | Value of milksold. |
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Lecturesgiven. | Individual mothers attending. | Attendances. | Average attendance at lecture. |
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Name of area. | Date of declaration. | Action taken by council. | Number of premises on site. | Number of persons originally living on site. | Position at end of 1936. |
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Outside improvement areas. | Inside improvement areas. |
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Outside improvement areas. | Inside improvement areas. | Totals. |
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Where a house consists of :— |
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Where the floor area of a room is :— |
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Ward. | Total families investigated. | Families overcrowded. | Families not overcrowded. |
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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. |
Situation of properties. | No. of houses or flats. |
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Months. | Number of formal samples taken. | Average composition of all samples submitted, genuine and adulterated. | Average composition ofgenuine 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. |
Period. | Good quality. | Fair quality. | Poor quality. | Total. |
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Purveyors of milk in sealed bottles. | Dairymen. | Dairies and milkshops. |
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Special grade of milk. | Maximum number of bacteria permitted per c.c | Standard for bacillus coli. |
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Sample collected on | Bacteria per1 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 per 1 c.c. | Coli per l/100th c.c. | Sample collected on | Bacteria per 1 c.c. | Coli per l/100th c.c. |
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On register Dec. 31, 1935. | Added to register during 1936. | On register Dec. 31, 1936. |
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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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Article analysed. | Nature and amount of adulteration. | Action taken. |
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1935. | 1936. |
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1935. | 1936. |
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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 & polioencephalitis. | ‡ Acute rheumatism. | Cerebro spinal meningitis. | Dysentery. | *Enteritis. | Total. |
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Four Weeks ending | Smallpox. | Scarletfever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric fever. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia neonatorum. | Puerperal fever. | Puerperal pyrexia. | Pneumonia. | Malaria. | Encepha-litis lethargica. | Polio myelitis. | Acute rheumatism. | Cerebro spinal meningitis. | Dysent-cry. | Enteritis. | Total. |
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Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each ward. | Cases admitted to hospital. | Total deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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At allages | 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. |
Case. No. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total blindness. | Death. | ||
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Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
At home. | In hospital. |
Scabies. | Vermin. | Impetigo. | Other conditions. | |||||
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Persons. | Cleansings. | Persons. | Cleansings. | Persons. | Cleansings. | Persons. | Cleansings. |
Premises. | Rooms. |
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Kensington. | Marylebone. | Willesden. | Fulham. | Holborn. | Hammersmith. |
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Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. |
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Nature of infection. | Premises disinfected. | Rooms disinfected. | Disinfections at Wood Lane. | No. of articles disinfected. |
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Cases in the borough on 31st December, 1936. | New cases notified during 1936. |
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New cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
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Respiratory. | Non-respiratory | Respiratory. | Non-respiratory | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Cases. |
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Respiratory. | Non-respiratory. | Totals. | |||
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Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. |
Years. | Respiratory tuberculosis. | Non-respiratory tuberculosis. | Tuberculosis (all forms). | |||
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Deaths. | Deaths per 100,000 persons living. | Deaths. | Deaths per 100,000 persons living. | Deaths. | Deaths per 100,000 persons living. |
Respiratory tuberculosis. | Non-respiratory tuberculosis. |
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Respiratory tuberculosis. | Non -respiratory tuberculosis. |
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Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Respiratory | Non-respiratory | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous to 1936 | 1936 | Previous to 1936 | 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||
ClassT.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | ClassT.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) |
Adults. | Children under 15 yrs. | Total. | |||
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Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. |
Year. | NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS BY— | Total number of notifications. | Total number of patients notified in the year who attended the rheumatism supervisory centre. | |||
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Medical officers at rheumatism supervisory centre. | Private practitioners. | School medical officers. | Hospitals and other institutions. |
Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total deathsregistered in the district. | Transferabledeaths | Net deaths belonging to the district | |||||||
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Uncorrected number. | Net. | of nonresidents registeredin the district. | of residents not registeredin the district. | Under 1 year of age. | At all ages. | |||||||
Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 net | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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 under25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 66 years. | 65 and under 76 years. | 76 and upward |
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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 underone year. |
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HEALTH OFFICERS. | total | ||||||||
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*1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
DATE. | Registration sub-districts comprised in vaccination officer's district. | Number ofbirths 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, 1936. | ||||||
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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 ofthe districts. | Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found. | Not accounted for. | |||||
1935. | Insusceptible of vaccination | Certificate ofconscientious objection. |