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During the year seven summonses were issued under this
byelaw. In all cases convictions were obtained and fines
totalling £3. 5s. Od. were imposed. In one of these cases the
defendant was ordered to pay the Council 5s. Od. costs.
Health Handbook
During the year, the Council, on the recommendation of
the Public Health Committee and the General Purposes Committee,
decided to issue a "Health and Social Services" handbook for
the use of official and voluntary bodies and members of the
general public in Kensington.
The work of preparing the handbook was undertaken jointly
by the Town Clerk's and Public Health Departments. The
booklet, which comprises seventy-two pages, was published at
the end of the year; 10,000 copies were printed at a cost of
£330. Copies were distributed to all Members of the Council,
local Members of Parliament and London County Council
Representatives, Justices of the Peace, Government Departments,
hospitals, general practitioners, dentists, chemists, voluntary
bodies, schools, infant welfare centres, day nurseries, old
people's clubs, etc. and to ratepayers calling at the Town
Hall (Information Office), Public Health Department, Citizens'
Advice Bureau and Public Libraries.

Census 1951
The Registrar-General has published a Census report on
the County of London in respect of the living population
enumerated as at midnight 8th-9th April, 1951.
The report contains details of all the metropolitan
boroughs and it will be of interest to the Council to deal
with the features revealed by the Census peculiar to
Kensington.
The Registrar-General gives the population for the borough
and the various wards as set out in the following table:-