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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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tuberculosis amongst immigrants. Since 1952, a more detailed
investigation of this problem has taken place and the
following table sets out the information found in 1953.
| Country of origin | Period (in years) between entry to United Kingdom and notification of disease | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | k | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Australia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Canada | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| India | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ireland | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25 | |||
| Italy | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jamaica | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jugoslavia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Malaya | - | 1 | ||||||||
| Malta | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Mauritius | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Poland | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Spain | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Russia | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| West Africa | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| TOTAL: | 43 | |||||||||
Patients who had resided in London all their lives or at least 10 years 152
| Patients who had resided in other parts of the country all their lives prior to coming to kensington | 77 |
| Patients from whom information concerning origin was not obtained but where it is believed to be this country | 26 |
| Patients from Ireland who resided here at least 10 years prior to notification | 11 |
| Patients notified in Ireland before coming to this country | 1 |
| Patients from Poland who resided here at least 10 years prior to notification | 9 |
| Patients who resided here at least 10 years prior to notification: (Belgium 1, Canada 1, Germany 3, India 1, Spain 1, Russia 1.) | 8 |
| Patients from whom information concerning origin could not be obtained | 75 |
| TOTAL: | 359 |