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Kensington 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
- Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 91
- Tables
- 52
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The following table gives the adjusted Kensington birth and death rates compared with the provisional rates for London and for England and Wales for the year 1960:-
Kensington adjusted London England and Wales -
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Infant Death Rate,. This rate for 1960 was 20.8, a decrease compared with the rate for the previous year of 4.0. The provisional rate for the County of London was 21.6 and for England and Wales was 21.7. The following table shows the rates for the last five years:-
Year Kensington London England and Wales -
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Number of deaths of babies under one week of age
Year Age in days at death Total No. of deaths due to prematurity 1 or under 2 3 4 5 6 -
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The following table shows the trend in these diseases since the end of the war:-
Year England and Wales Kensington Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cancer of the lung Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cancer of the lung Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate -
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR KENSINGTON
Description 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 -
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN 1960
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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MEDICINAL BATHS (Personal Cleansing Station) The reCord of work done during 1960 is as follows:-
Description Scabies Vermin Impetigo Other Conditions Persons Sleansings Persons Cleansings Persons Cleansings Persons Cleansings -
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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food requested a report for the twelve months ended 31st December, 1960 in the following form:- Prevalence of Rats and Mice
Type of Property Local Authority Dwelling Houses All other (including Business & Industrial) Total -
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Inspections of the registered premises were made during the year, and 5 samples of rag flock and other fillings were taken for analysis. The results were satisfactory.
Description No. of samples taken -
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Details of persons X-rayed by the Unit during surveys in Kensington in 1960 are as follows:-
Organised Groups No. X-rayed -
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The Council adopted the following programme:-
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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The following tables set out details of the results obtained in Kensington during 1960:- A . Deosit gauses
Month 1960. Days Exposed Rainfall (ins.) Total deposits for period in tons per square mile. Deposits per day in tons per square mile (average) Soluble Insoluble Total Soluble Insoluble Total -
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South Kensington (Pembroke Road)
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B. Estimation of atmospheric sulphur Milligrams of sulphur trioxide per dav
Month 1960 Days exposed North Kensington South Kensington -
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C. Readings taken from the two monthly stations in Kensington have been taken for seven years and the following table compares the annual resultss-
Year No. ofdaysexposed Total weight of dopositedmatter in tonsper square mile Daily average ofsulphur in milligramsof sulphur trioxide NorthKensington SouthKensington NorthKensington SouthKensington -
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D. Measurement of smoke and sulphur by the volumetric method.
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- Average daily values at:- Public Health Department N. Kensington Public Library S. Kensington Welfare Centre Public Health Department -
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The following statement shows the progress of the servioe and financial effect since the inception of the schemes-
Peroid NumberofMeals GrossCost Receiptsfrom oldpeople SubsidyfromL.C.C GrantfromR.B.K. NetCost -
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The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc. carried, out by the public health inspectors and their assistants during the year:-
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 -
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The following table shows the number of notices issued in respect of nuisances, defects, etc., found during the year:-
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 -
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PART I - Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
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The following table gives details of the clearance areas declared by the Council since 1950, when slum clearance work under the Housing Acts was recommenced, up to the end of the year:-
Name of Area Date of Declaration No. of houses No. of persons displaced -
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To be developed by the London County Council:
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To be developed by the Council:
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Applications for improvement (discretionary) grants received and dealt with during 1960 sire summarised as follows:-
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Part 1 of the Act 1-INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by public health inspectors)
Number of Premises(1) No. on Register(2) Inspections(3) Written notices(4) Occupiers prosecuted(5) -
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2 - Cases in which DEFECTS were found (If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases")
Number of cases in which defects were 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) -
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Part VIII of the Act Outwork (Sections 110 and 111)
(l) Nature of Work Section 110 Section 111 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 -
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The following table gives a summary of the factories on the Council's register at the end of the year, indicating the types of business carried on, whether or not mechanical power is used, and where situated, ioeo North or South Kensington:-
Factory - business North Kensington South Kensington Mech. N-M. Mech. N-M. -
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DETAILS OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TAKEN UNDER FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS IN 1960 As requested by Ministry of Health Circular 22/58.
Date of hearing Offence Regulations Result Fined Costs awarded to Council -
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Details of licences granted under the 1949/53 regulations during 1960 are as follows:-
Principal Supplementary -
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The following table shows the number of samples of processed nilk taken during the year, together with results of examinations
Designation No. of samples Methylene blue test Phosphatase test Turbidity test Passed Failed Passed Failed Passed Failed -
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The following table shows the average percentages of milk fat and non-fat solids of the genuine samples of these milks taken during each month:-
Month No. of samples taken Average percentages Milk fats Non-fat solids -
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Food Tons Cwt. Qrs. Lb. -
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The following table shows the number of samples (16 ice cream and 2 dairy ice cream) taken during 1960 for chemical analysis compared with those taken in the previous year:-
1959 1960 -
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During the year 23 samples of ice cream were also taken and submitted to the methylene blue test. The results are as follows:-
Grade No. of samples -
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The following table shows the total count of the 58 samples examined:-
Sample Total Viable Count per gram Total Samples 50,000 +50,000/200,000 +200,000/ 250,000 +250,000 -
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Examinations were also made in respect of Bacteria Coli, the results being as follows:-
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In order to show some perspective in reviewing the incidence of puerperal pyrexia (defined as any febrile condition occurring in a woman in whom a temperature of 100.4°F. or more has occurred within fourteen days after childbirth or miscarriage), the following table gives an analysis of the causes of pyrexia in the notified cases:-
Cause No. of cases -
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The following table shows the number of cases added to and the number removed from the notification register during the year:-
Description Respiratory NonRespiratory Total M F M F -
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In my 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 1960:-
Country of origin Period (in years) between entry to United Kingdom and notification of disease Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -
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Residential Particulars of other cases notified during the year:-
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A more accurate investigation in the following years indicated that, of the new cases and "inward transfers" reported in the borough, the proportions who were immigrants contracting the disease in the first ten years of arrival, were as follow:-
Year Proportion per cent. -
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TABLE 1
Notifiable disease Number of cases notified 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 -
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+Notifiable only in children under the age of 5. NOTE: Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from above table. TABLE 2
Notifiable disease Number of Cases Notified in 1960 Age Groups in Years Under 1 1 to 2 3 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 24 25 & over -
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TABLE 3
Notifiable disease Total cases notified in each Ward in 1960 St.Charles Golborne Norland Pembridge Holland Earls Court Queens Gate Redcliffe Brompton -
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PARTICULARS OF THE STAFF OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT THE END OF 1960 (As requested by Ministry of Health Circulars l/54 and 28/54)
Medical Officer of Health Year of Appointment -
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Administrative and Clerical Staff
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Public Health Inspectors
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Student Public Health Inspectors
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Women Health Officers
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Other Officers