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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Ward | No. of sanitary notices served in 1949. | No. of summonses taken out under Public Health (London) Act in 1949. |
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1948 | 1949 | Increase |
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Description | 1949 | 1948 | 1947 | 1946 | 1945 | 1944 | 1943 | 1942 |
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Cause of death | All ages | Under 1 year | 1 year and under 5 | 5 years and under 45 | 45 years and over |
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Nature of specimen or sample. | Number examined. |
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Description | Scabies | Vermin | Impetigo | Other conditions | ||||
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Persons | Clean -sings | Persons | Clean -sings | Persons | Clean -sings | Persons | Clean -sings |
Premises | Number on Register | Number of Inspections | Number of Written Notices. |
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Particulars | No. of defects found. | No. of defects remedied. | No. of defects referred | |
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To H. M. Inspectors | By H. M. Inspectors |
Nature of work | Number |
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Principal | Supplementary |
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Principal | Supplementary |
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Grade | No. of samples | Methylene blue test | Phosphatase test | ||
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Passed. | Failed. | Passed. | Failed |
Month | No.of samples taken | Average percentage | |
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Milk fats | Non-fat solids |
Tons. | Cwt. | Qrs. | Lbs. |
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No. of samples | Variation of fat content. | Non-fat solids content | Average fat content | Average non-fat solids content |
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Grade | No.of Samples |
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Type of food suspected | No. of cases | No. of patients where causative agent was identified | |||
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Toxin | Salmon -ella | Chemical | Not proven |
Age Groups (years) | Paralytic | Non-Paralytic | Total | Total persons | |||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Mch. | Apl. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
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Description | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Total | ||
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M. | F. | M. | F. |
Notifiable disease | Number of cases notified | |||||||
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1949 | 1948 | 1947 | 1946 | 1945 | 1944 | 1943 | 1942 | |
Scarlet fever | 114 | 94 | 98 | 195 | 136 | 74 | 216 | 108 |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 2 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 19 | 29 | 54 | 78 |
Enteric fever | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Puerperal fever ø | — | — | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 7 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 33 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 25 | 7 |
Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 121 | 142 | 103 | 111 | 81 | 91 | 133 | 91 |
Dysentery | 33 | 145 | 21 | 49 | 142 | 43 | 73 | 68 |
Erysipelas | 15 | 24 | 34 | 37 | 33 | 16 | 37 | 30 |
Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 8 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
Malaria | — | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 47 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | — | 2 | — | 11 | — | — | — |
Tuberculosis (all forms) | 266 | 258 | 259 | 210 | 188 | 211 | 202 | 203 |
Measles | 740 | 868 | 852 | 264 | 868 | 102 | 624 | 365 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
Enteritis + | 88 | 64 | 102 | 69 | 100 | 71 | 69 | 96 |
Pood poisoning | 33 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
Scabies / | 106 | 141 | 239 | 463 | 460 | 363 | 252 | — |
Whooping cough | 304 | 264 | 274 | 209 | 62 | 189 | 102 | 146 |
Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified in 1949 Age Groups in Years | ||||||||
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Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 35 | 35 to 65 | 65 and over | |
Scarlet fever | - | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 66 | 6 | 2 | - |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
Enteric fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 3 | - |
Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 45 | 24 |
Dysentery | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Erysileplas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 2 |
Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Poliomylitis and polioencephalitis | - | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | - | - |
Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tuberculosis (all forms) | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 137 | 89 | 10 |
Measles | 32 | 111 | 100 | 90 | 97 | 261 | 35 | 14 | - |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enteritis | 61 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Pood poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 |
Scabies | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 6 |
Whooping cough | 42 | 47 | 62 | 35 | 36 | 81 | 1 | - | - |
TOTALS | 150 | 205 | 206 | 149 | 161 | 499 | 312 | 196 | 45 |
Notifiable Disease | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | ||||||||
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StoCharles | Golborne | Norland | Pembri dge | Holland | Earls Court | Queens Gate | Re deliffe | Brompton |