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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 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Action taken Cases
Investigation or supervision
undertaken in respect of
(a) re-arrangement of existing
accommodation 2
(b) occupation of patients 4
(c) tracing of contacts5
(d) preventing spread of
infection 9
Recommended for priority rehousing 47
Action was taken under the Public Health and Housing Acts
in respect of insanitary or unhealthy conditions in nine cases.
Incidence of tuberculosis amongst Kensington residents who
originated from areas outside England. Scotland and Wales

Table: In the Annual Report for 1951, attention was drawn to what appeared to be a disturbing trend in the incidence of 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 1954.

In the Annual Report for 1951, attention was drawn to what appeared to be a disturbing trend in the incidence of 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 1954.

Country of originPeriod (in years) between entry to United Kingdom and notification of diseaseTotal
123456789
Australia1—_—1_—_—2
Austria—-——1————1
British Guiana2--------2
Burma------1—-1
Canada1--------1
Ceylon-1-------1
Egypt---1-----1
Prance—21------3
India—1-1————-2
Ireland6122—122_16
Israel-1----——-1
Italy-2-------2
Jamaica———-1-—--1
Latvia-————1———1
Lithuania——--—1———1
New Zealand1--------1
Pakistan—2—-—-——-2
Poland-121-4+_2111
Siam1——1—————2
Spain2--------2
TOTAL:54

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Patients who had resided in London all their
lives or for at least 10 years 100
Patients who had resided in other parts of the country
all their lives prior to coming to Kensington 72
Patients from whom information concerning origin was
not obtained but where it is believed to be this
country 16
Patients from Ireland who resided here at least 10
years prior to notification 4
Patients notified abroad before coming to this
country (Ireland 2, Japan 1) 3
Patients from Poland who resided here at least 10
years prior to notification 1
Patients who resided here at least 10 years prior to
notification: (Australia 1, Esthonia 1, Hungary 1,
India 1, Iraq 1, Russia 1, Spain 1.) 7
Patients from whom information concerning origin
could not be obtained 85
TOTAL: 288