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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Description | 1953 | 1952 | 1951 | 1950 | 1949 | 1948 | 1947 | 1946 |
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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 | Cleans -ings | Persons | Cleans -ings | Persons | Cleans -ings | Persons | Cleans -ings |
Type of Property | ||||
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Local Authority | Dwelling Houses | All other (including Business & Industrial) | Total |
Month 1953 | Days exposed | Rainfall (ins. ) | Total deposits for period in tons per square mile | Deposits per day in tons per square mile | ||||
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Soluble | Insoluble | Total | Soluble | Insoluble | Total |
Month 1953 | North Kensington | South Kensington |
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Purpose of plant | Fuel Oil | Coal | Coke | Other fuels | Total |
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Purpose of plant | Fuel Oil Galls. | Coal Tons | Coke Tons | Creosote - pitch Tons | Wood Cwts. |
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1931 | 1951 | |||||
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Total Persons | Total Persons | Males | Females | Acreage | Densit (Person per act |
Area | Persons per acre | Density of occupation | |
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Persons per room | Percentage of persons at more than 2 per room |
Males | Females | Total |
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Area | Percentage Distribution of Population | Sex Ratio (Females per 1,000 Males | |||||||
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By marital conditions | By age | ||||||||
Single | Married | Widowed and Divorced | 0-4 | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45-64 | 65 and over |
Area | Total Households | Percentage of households with heads as follows - | |||||
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Married | Non-married under 40 years either sex | Non-married males aged- | Non-married females aged- | ||||
40-59 | 60 & over | 40-59 | 60 & over | ||||
London | 1,120,710 | 68.5 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 7.6 | 12.7 |
Kensington | 60,718 | 54.5 | 14.0 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 11.3 | 13.7 |
Number of persons in household | Number of households occupying the following number of rooms | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Over 6 |
Persons per room | Households | Persons | ||
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Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Structurally separate dwellings:- | London | Kensington |
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Kensington | Lond on |
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Period | Number of meals | Gross Cost | Receipts from old people | Grant from LCC. | Net Cost |
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Public Health (London) Act. 1936 |
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Inspection of dwelling houses during the year |
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Dwellings |
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Treverton Street | Nos. 14-60 even 1- 63 odd |
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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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Description | No. of samples taken | Satisfac-tory | Unsatis-factory | Remarks |
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Premises registered under - | No. of premises | No. of Inspections |
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Food premises (all categories) | No. of premises | No. of inspections |
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Principal | Supplementary |
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Designation | No. of samples | Methylene blue test | |||
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Passed | Failed |
Principal | Supplementary |
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Designation | No. of samples | Methylene blue test | Phosphatase test | Turbidity test | |||
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Passed | Failed | Passed | Failed | Passed | Failed |
Dairymen | Dairies | Purveyors of milk in sealed containers |
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Month | No. of samples taken | Average percentages | |
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Milk fats | Non-fat solids |
Sample No. | ||||
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1. | 2. | 3. | 4. |
Food | Tons | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lb. |
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Number of samples | 1953 | 1952 | ||
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23 | 34 | |||
Variation of fat content per cent | 3.9 to 12.6 | 4.4 to 12.4 | ||
Variation of non-fat solids content per cent | 20.3 to 27.4 | 18.1 to 26.8 | ||
Average fat content per cent | 8.82 | 8.28 | ||
Average non-fat solids content per cent | 24.28 | 23.13 |
Grade | No. of samples |
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Year | Confirmed Cases | Deaths |
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$$$Description | Respiratory | Non Respiratory | Total | ||
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M | F | M | F |
Action taken | Cases |
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Country of origin | Period (in years) between entry to United Kingdom and notification of disease | Total | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | k | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Age Group (Years) | 1929 - | 1933 | 1949 - | 1953 | ||||
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Notific-ations. | Deaths | Notific-ations. | Deaths |
Period | Age groups of maximum mortality | |
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Males | Females |
St.Charles Hospital 5th-7th August | St. Mary Abbots School 18th-27th August | Christopher Wren School 31st August-9th Sept. | TOTALS |
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Whooping Cough | Measles | Scarlet fever | Diphtheria | |||||
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Notific-ations | Deaths | Notific-ations | Deaths | Notific-ations | Deaths | Notific-ations | Deaths |
1856-1860 | 1901-1905 | 1945-1949 |
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Notifiable disease | Number of cases notified |
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Notifiable disease | Number of Cases Notified in 1953 Age Groups in Years | ||||||
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Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 3 to 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 & over |
Notifiable disease | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | ||||||||
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St.Charles | Golborne | Norland | Pembridge | Holland | Earls Court | Queens Gate | Redcliffe | Brompton |
Medical Officer of Health | Year of Appointment |
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