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75
Action or supervision Cases
Investigation or supervision
undertaken in respect of:-
(a) re-arrangement of existing
accommodation 9
(b) occupation of patients 2
(c) tracing of contacts 4
(d) prevention of spread of
infection 6
Recommended for priority rehousing 4
Action taken under Public Health
and Housing Acts in respect of
insanitary or unhealthy conditions 14
Incidence of tuberculosis amongst Kensington residents who originated
from areas outside England, Scotland and Wales
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 1962:-
Country of origin
Period (in years) between entry to
U. K. and notification of disease.
Total
12 345 6 7 8 910
India 1 2 3
Ireland 6 1 3 1 11
Ceylon 1 1 2
Hongkong 1 1 2
Nigeria 4 1 5
Spain 1 2 3
Pakistan 2 2
West Indies 1 1 1 2 4 1 2 12
U.S.A. 1 1
Uganda 2 2
China 1 1 1 3
British Guiana 1 1
Malaya 1 1 2
South Africa 1 1
New Zealand 1 1
Sierra Leone 1 1
Germany 1 1
Italy 1 1
Total: 24 9 4 6 1 5 3 2 54
Residential particulars of other cases notified during the year:-
Patients who had resided in London all their lives
or for at least 10 years
20
Patients who had resided in other parts of the country
all their lives prior to coming to Kensington
39
Patients from whom information concerning origin was not
obtained but where it is believed to be this country
18
Patients notified abroad before coming to this country
(Ireland?)
2
Patients who resided here at least 10 years prior to
notification
21
Patients from whom information concerning origin could
not be obtained
75
Total:
175