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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Kensington adjusted | London | England and Wales | |
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Year | Kensington | London | England and Wales |
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Year | Age in days at death | Total | No. of deaths due to prematurity | |||||
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1 or under | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
Year | England and Wales | Kensington | ||||||
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Cancer of the lung | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Cancer of the lung | |||||
Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate |
Description | 1960 | 1959 | 1958 | 1957 | 1956 | 1955 | 1954 | 1953 |
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Cause of death | All Ages | Under 1 yr | 1 yr and under5 | 5 yrs and under 45 | 45 yrsand under65 | 65 yrsand over |
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Description | Scabies | Vermin | Impetigo | Other Conditions | ||||
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Persons | Sleansings | Persons | Cleansings | Persons | Cleansings | Persons | Cleansings |
Type of Property | ||||
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Local Authority | Dwelling Houses | All other (including Business & Industrial) | Total |
Description | No. of samples taken |
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Organised Groups | No. X-rayed |
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Smoke Control Area | Boundaries | Preliminary Survey | Detailed Survey & Order made | Order operative |
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Smoke Control Area | Boundaries | Preliminary Survey | Detailed Survey and Order made | Order operative |
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Month 1960. | Days Exposed | Rainfall (ins.) | Total deposits for period in tons per square mile. | Deposits per day in tons per square mile (average) | ||||
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Soluble | Insoluble | Total | Soluble | Insoluble | Total | |||
Month 1960 | Days exposed | North Kensington | South Kensington |
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Year | No. ofdaysexposed | Total weight of dopositedmatter in tonsper square mile | Daily average ofsulphur in milligramsof sulphur trioxide | ||
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NorthKensington | SouthKensington | NorthKensington | SouthKensington | ||
1960 | Volumetric smoke Concentration of smoke in milligrams per 100 cubic metres | Volumetric sulphur Concentration of sulphur in parts per million volumes of air Average daily values ats- | ||
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Average daily values at:- | ||||
Public Health Department | N. Kensington Public Library | S. Kensington Welfare Centre | Public Health Department |
Peroid | NumberofMeals | GrossCost | Receiptsfrom oldpeople | SubsidyfromL.C.C | GrantfromR.B.K. | NetCost |
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Public Health (London) Act, 1936 |
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Public Health (London) Act, 1936 |
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Name of Area | Date of Declaration | No. of houses | No. of persons displaced |
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Number of | ||||
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Premises(1) | No. on Register(2) | Inspections(3) | Written notices(4) | Occupiers prosecuted(5) |
Number of cases in which defects were | |||||
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Particulars(1) | Found(2) | Remedied(3) | Referred | No. of cases inwhich prosecut-ions were instituted(6) | |
To H.M.Inspector(4) | By H.M. Inspector(5) | ||||
(l) Nature of Work | Section 110 | Section 111 | ||||
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No. of Outworkersin August lists (2)required by Sec. 110(1) (c) | No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council | No. of prosecut-(4) ions for failure to supply lists | No. of instances (5) of work in unwholesome premises | (6) Notices served | (7) Prosecutions |
Factory - business | North Kensington | South Kensington | ||
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Mech. | N-M. | Mech. | N-M. |
Date of hearing | Offence | Regulations | Result | |
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Fined | Costs awarded to Council |
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 |
Month | No. of samples taken | Average percentages | |
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Milk fats | Non-fat solids |
Food | Tons | Cwt. | Qrs. | Lb. |
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1959 | 1960 |
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Grade | No. of samples |
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Sample | Total Viable Count per gram | Total Samples | |||
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50,000 | +50,000/200,000 | +200,000/ 250,000 | +250,000 |
Cause | No. of cases | |
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Description | Respiratory | NonRespiratory | Total | ||
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M | F | M | F |
Country of origin | Period (in years) between entry to United Kingdom and notification of disease | Total | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Year | Proportion |
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per cent. |
Notifiable disease | Number of cases notified | |||||||
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1960 | 1959 | 1958 | 1957 | 1956 | 1955 | 1954 | 1953 |
Notifiable disease | Number of Cases Notified in 1960 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 in 1960 | ||||||||
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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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