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Kensington 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
- Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 91
- Tables
- 47
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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 1961-
Kensington adjusted London England and Wales -
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The following table shows the rates for the last five years:-
Year Kensington London England and Wales -
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Just over two deaths suffice to increase the rate by one.
Year Number of deaths of babies under one week of age Age in days at death Total No. of deaths due to prematurity 1 or under 2 3 4 5 6 -
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SUMMARY OP VITAL STATISTICS FOR KENSINGTON
Description 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 -
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN 1961
Cause of Death All Ages Under 1 yr 1 yr and under 5 5 yrs and under 45 45 yrs and under 65 65 yrs and over -
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GENERAL PROVISION OP HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA BACTERIOLOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL WORK The following is a summary of the work performed during 1961:-
Nature of specimen or sample Number examined -
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The record of work done during 1961 is as follows:-
Description Scabies Vermin Impetigo Other Conditions Persons Clean-sings Persons Clean-sings Persons Clean-sings Persons Clean-sings -
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Prevalence of Rats and Mice.
Type of Property Local Authority Dwelling Houses All other (including Business & Industrial) Total -
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The following table shows the results obtained during the year, compared with the results obtained in the previous six years:-
Year Estimated number of rats killed 1st Treatment 2nd Treatment -
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The figures relate to Health Division 1 of which Kensington forms a part together with Chelsea, Fulham and Hammersmith.
Cause of accident Division 1 London County -
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The distribution of the cases in Division 1 is shown in the following table:-
Borough Population (1961) Number of Accidents Rate per 10,000 -
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The Council adopted the following programme:-
Smoke Control Area Boundaries Prelim-inary Survey Detailed Survey & Order Made Order operative -
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By the beginning of 1961 the following areas had been declared:-
Smoke Control Area Date Declared by Council Acre-age Total no. of: (1) Dwellings Estimated No. of Fireplaces needing conversion Total estimated cost of conversions Date from which Order operates (2) All Buildings -
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A. Deposit Gauges.
Month 1961 Days Exposed Rain-fall (ins.) Total deposits for period in tons per square mile. Sol-uble Insol-uble Total -
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South Kensington (Pembroke Road)
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Average daily deposits in tons per square mile for the year as a whole were:-
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B. Estimation of atmospheric sulphur.
Month 1961 Days Exposed North Kensington South Kensington -
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C. Readings taken from the two monthly stations in Kensington have been taken for eight years and the following table compares the annual results:-
Year No. of days exposed Total weight of deposited matter in tons per square mile Daily average of sulphur in milligrams of sulphur trioxide North Kensington South Kensington North Kensington South Kensington -
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Period Number of Meals Gross Cost Receipts from old people Subsidy from L.C.C. Grant from R.B.K. Net Cost -
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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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Applications for improvement (discretionary) grants received and dealt with during 1961 are summarised as follows
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Part I of the Act 1 - INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by public health inspectors)
Premises (1) No. on Register (2) Number of 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.")
Particulars (1) Number of cases in which defects were No. of cases in which prosecutions were instituted (6) Found (2) Remedied (3) Referred To H.M. Inspector (4) By H.M. Inspector (5) -
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(Sections 110 and 111)
(l) Nature of Work Section 110 Section 111 No. of Outworkers in August lists (2) required by Sec. 110(1) (c) No 3 of cases of (3) default in send ing lists to the Council No. of prosecu(4) tions for failure to supply lists No. of instances (5) of work in unwholesome premises (6) Notices served (7)Prosecutions -
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Factory - business North Kensington South Kensington Mech. N-M. Mech. N-M. -
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As requested by Ministry of Health Circular 22/58.
Date of hearing Offence Regulations Result Fined Costs awarded to Council -
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Date of Hearing Offence Regulations Result Fined Costs awarded to Council -
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Inspection of Food Premises Premises where food is prepared, stored or exposed for sale for human consumption, are frequently inspected. The following is a record of the inspections made by the public health inspections engaged on this work for 1961:-
Premises registered under - No. of Premises No. of Inspections -
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Food premises (all categories) No. of Premises No. of Inspections -
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The number of applications granted during the year was 197, authorising the use of the special designations as:-
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The following table shows the number of samples of Tuberculin Tested (Farm Bottled) milk and processed milks taken during the year, together with the 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 taken during each month -
Month No. of samples taken Average percentages Milk Fats Non-fat solids -
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Food Tons Cwt Qtrs Lb -
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Unsatisfactory sample No. of Prosecutions No. of warnings to Producers , Manufacturers or Vendors No further action Total -
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The following table shows the number of samples (19 ice cream, 8 dairy ice cream and. one chocolate-coated, ice cream) taken during 1961 for chemical analysis compared with those taken in the previous year:-
1960 1961 -
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The following table gives a summary of all cases (notified or not) brought to notice during 1961:- Food poisoning notifications (corrected)
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Particulars of outbreaks:-
No. of outbreaks No. of cases Total cases Family Outbreaks Other Outbreaks Notified Otherwise ascertained -
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Single cases
No. of cases Total cases Notified Otherwise ascertained Agent identified 13 13 Agent unidentified 26 — 26 -
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Salmonella infections, not food-borne:-
No. of cases notified Otherwise ascertained Total cases -
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The following table shows the number of cases, in age groups, which occurred during the year:-
M. F. -
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During the year 195 new cases of tuberculosis were notified, of which 168 were respiratory and 27 non-respiratory. The following table shows the number of cases added to said the number removed from the notification register during the year:-
Description Respiratory Non-Respiratory 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 1961-
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 10 -
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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 follows:-
Year Proportion -
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TABLE I
Notifiable disease Number of cases notified 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 -
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TABLE 2
Notifiable disease Number of Cases Notified in 1961 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 1961 St. Charles Golborne Norland Pembridge Holland Earls Court Queens Gate Redcliffe Brompton