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Kensington and Chelsea 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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- 1966
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- 156
- Tables
- 114
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1965 VITAL STATISTICS
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA (COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS TEN YEARS)
Year Total Population Total Deaths Crude Death Rate Total Births Crude Birth Rate Total Infant Deaths Infant Mortality Rate -
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN 1965
Cause of death All Ages Under 1 year 1 year and under 5 5 years and under 15 15 years and under 45 45 years and under 65 65 years and over -
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TABLE 1
Notifiable disease Number of cases notified 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 -
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TABLE 2
Notifiable disease Number of cases notified in 1965. Age groups in years. Under 1 1 - 2 3-4 5-9 10 - 14 15 - 24 25 and over -
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TABLE 3
Description Total cases notified in each Ward in 1965 St. Charles Gol borne Norland Pembridge Holland Earls Court Queen's Gate Redcliffe Brompton i North Stanley South Stanley Church Cheyne Hans Town Royal Hospital -
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The following table gives an analysis of the causes 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 miscarriages):-
Cause No. of cases -
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INCIDENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS AMONGST KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA RESIDENTS WHO ORIGINATED FROM AREAS OUTSIDE ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES
Country of origin Period (in years) between entry to U.K. and notification of disease Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -
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Country of origin Period (in years) between entry to U.K. and notification of disease Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -
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Since 1952 investigations have shown 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 per cent -
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BCG vaccination
Thirteen year old school children -
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Contacts
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Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Service
Nursing or Expectant mothers Children under five Total -
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The following table records some of the visits made by the health visitors; the number of unsuccessful visits - about one-third - is unfortunately high:—
First visits during 1965 to - -
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The home nursing staff employed at 31st December, 1965, exclusive of supervisory staff was as follows:-
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The number of coses nursed for three months or more was 257, being 9.9% of the total patients nursed.
Types of case Number of new cases undertaken Percentage of total -
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Age distribution of patients (new cases undertaken) No. of patients Percentage -
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Nursing treatments:
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DOMICILIARY CONFINEMENTS AND NURSING OF "EARLY DISCHARGES" IN 1965
Cases booked with a doctor Cases not booked with a doctor -
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Planned early discharges Unplanned early discharges -
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PREMATURITY AND MORTALITY BY BIRTH WEIGHT
Birth Weight Number Deaths within 24 hours Survivors at 28 days -
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Number of places -
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Summary of defects:
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Eye and Ear:
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WELFARE OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED
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ADMISSIONS TO HOLIDAY HOMES ARRANGED DURING THE YEAR:-
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Details of households assisted:
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Details of attendance at these sessions for the year are as follows:-
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Analysis of age-groups of treatment given at clinics:
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The numbers referred during the year 1965 were as follows:-
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Accommodation provided in these homes:
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COMPLETE PRIMARY
Quarter Ended Smallpox Primary Vaccination Immunisation Polio Triple Diph /Tetanus Diph. Tetanus Salk Sabin (oral) -
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REINFORCING
Quarter Ended Smallpox Re-vaccination Immunisation Polio Triple Diph /Tetanus Diph. Tetanus Salk Sabin (oral) -
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Disease Total -
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MENTAL HEALTH STATISTICS 1965
Quarter ended 3.4.65. Quarter ended 3.7.65. Quarter ended 2.10.65. Quarter ended 1.1.66. Total -
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Quarter ended 3.4.65. Quarter ended 3.7.65. Quarter ended 2.10.65. Quarter ended 1.1.66. Total -
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Under care 31.12.64. Referred during 1965 Withdrawn from care 1965 Under care 31.12.65. -
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The following is a summary of the number of notices served in respect of nuisances, defects, etc., found during the year:-
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WORKS COMPLETED The following is a summary of the principal works completed under the supervision of the public health inspectors during the year:-
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HOUSING INDIVIDUAL UNFIT HOUSES OR PARTS OF HOUSES
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MEDICINAL BATHS (PERSONAL CLEANSING STATION) The following table shows the work carried out during 1965:-
Description Scabies Vermin Persons Cleansings Persons Cleansings -
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Description Scabies Vermin Persons Cleansings Persons Cleansings -
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A summary of the routine work carried out in 1965 by the disinfecting staff is shown in the following table:-
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PREVALENCE OF RATS AND MICE
Type of Property Total Local Authority Dwelling Houses All other (including business & industrial) -
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Type of Property Total Local Authority Dwelling Houses All other (including business & industrial) -
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The rodent staff, in addition, deal with infestations from pests other than rats and mice, and the following is a summary of action taken during the year in respect of all forms of infestation:-
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The first samples were taken during the December quarter and six informal samples were submitted for analysis as follows:-
Sample No. Description -
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The following table gives details of Smoke Control Areas adopted by the former Councils of Kensington and Chelsea and which were in operation at the end of 1965:-
Smoke Control Area Boundaries Order operative -
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Smoke Control Area Boundaries Order operative -
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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION - MEASUREMENT OF SMOKE AND SULPHUR DIOXIDE
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ACTION ALREADY TAKEN The following table gives details of the clearance areas declared in the borough since 1950:-
Name of area Date of Declaration No. of Houses No. of persons displaced -
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The following table summarises the action taken during 1965 and the total results since the work commenced in 1963:—
1965 1964 1963 Total -
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Applications for improvement (discretionary) grants received and dealt with during 1965 are summarised as follows:-
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PART I OF THE ACT
Premises No. on Register Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers prosecuted (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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Premises No. on Register Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers prosecuted (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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2. Cases in which DEFECTS were found. (If defects are dis-covered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions, they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases").
Particulars Number of cases in which defects were No. of cases in which pro-secutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred To H.M. Inspector By H.M. Inspector (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) -
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PART VIII OF THE ACT OUTWORK (Sections 133 and 134)
Section 133 Section 134 Nature of work No. of outworkers in August lists required by Section 133(1) (c) No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises. Notices served 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 - i.e., North Kensington, South Kensington or Chelsea.
Factory - Business North Kensington South Kensington Chelsea Mech. N-M. Mech. N-M. Mech. N-M. -
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North Kensington South Kensington Chelsea Mech. N-M. Mech. N-M. Mech. N-M. -
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Reaistrations and General Inspections:
Class of premises Number of premises registered during year Total number of registered premises at end of year Number of regi-stered premises receiving general inspections during the year -
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Analysis of persons employed in registered premises by workplace:
Class of workplace Number of persons employed -
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(2) Standards of lighting in lumens per square foot in the working areas of shops, etc., stockrooms, packing departments, preparation rooms, etc., compared with standards of lighting in the selling areas:-
Lumens per sq. ft. 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-24 25-39 40+ -
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DETAILS OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TAKEN UNDER FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS IN 1965 As requested by Ministry of Health Circular 22/58.
Date of Hearing Offence Regulations Result Fine Costs awarded to Council £. s. d. £. s. d. -
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Date of Hearing Offence Regulations Result Fine 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 inspections made by the public health inspectors engaged on this work during 1965:-
Premises registered under No. of Premises No. of Inspections -
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Premises registered under No. of Premises No. of Inspections -
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* Additional inspections of premises (not primarily in connection with the sale of ice cream) are recorded under different headings in the following table which also gives details of the number of premises fitted to comply with Regulations 16 and 19 of the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960.
Food Premises (All categories) No. of Premises No. of Inspections No. provided with wash-hand-basins -Regulation 16 No. with faci lities for washing food and equipment - Regulation 19 -
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The licences granted during the year are shown in the following table, together with the total numbers in force at the end of the years:-
Licences issued in 1965 Total number in force at end of year. -
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The following tableshows the number of samples of untreated milk and processec milks taken during the year, together with the results of examinations:-
Designation No. of Samples Methylene blue test Phosphatase test Passed Failed Passed Failed -
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The following table shows the percentage of milk fat and non-fatty solids of the genuine samples of milk, other than Channel Islands and South Devon milks, taken during each month.
Month No. of samples taken Average percentages Milk Fats Non-fat Solids -
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The following tableshows the average percentages of milk fatand non-fat solids of the genuine samples taken during each months-
Month No. of samples taken Average percentages Milk Fats Non-fat Solids -
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Month No. of samples taken Average percentages Milk Fats Non-fat Solids -
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During the year the following amounts of food were surrendered and condemned as unfit for human consumption:-
Food Tons Cwts. Qtrs. lbs. -
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The following table shows the number of samples of icecream taken during 1965 for chemical analysis compared with those taken in the previous year:-
1964 1965 -
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During the year 31 samples of ice cream were also taken and submitted to the methylene blue test. The results are as follows:-
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Legal proceedings were taken during the year in respect of the sale or exposure for sale, of the following unfit foods:-
Unfit food Fine Costs £. s. d. £. s. d. -
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AGE ANALYSIS AT 31.12.65
HOME 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 Over 90 Average Age -
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ADMISSIONS AND DISCHARGES THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS SHOW THE POSITION AT RESIDENTIAL HOMES FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1/4/65 to 31/12/65
HOME RESIDENT 1/4/65 ADMITTED DISCHARGED DIED REMAINING 31/13/65 NORMAL ACCOMMODATION Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total -
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ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS There are 174 persons for whom the Council is responsible in accommodation provided by Voluntary Organisations:-
Elderly Others Total Men Women Men Women -
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There werel73 persons on the waiting list for admission to residential accommodation as at the 31st December, 1965, viz:-
Awaiting Urgent Admission Awaiting Nonurgent Admission Total -
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(a) Voluntary Homes:
Number resident at 1.4.65 Admitted Discharged Number remaining at 31.12.65 -
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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF MOTHERS
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(b) King's Mead:
Number resident at 1.4.65 Admitted Discharged Number remaining at 31.12.65 Mother Children Total Mother Children Total Mother Children Total Mother Children Total -
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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF MOTHERS
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LOCAL AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE
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(c) Other Homes: "Ballantyne" Lewisham:
Number resident at 1.4.65 Admitted Discharged Number remaining at 31.12.65 Mothers Children Total Mothers Children Total Mothers Children Total Mothers Children Total -
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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF MOTHERS
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Voluntary organisations make a significant contribution in respect of specific services and these are supported by the Council with financial assistance. During the year, the following grants were made:-
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TABLE 1 BLIND PERSONS (REGISTERED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1965, SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION BY AGE GROUPS OF THE BLIND POPULATION
0 1 2 3 4 5-10 11-15 16-20 21-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-64 65-69 70-79 80-84 85-89 90 and over Unknown Total -
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BLIND PERSONS REGISTERED AS NEW CASES
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TABLE II ANALYSIS OF CAUSE Of BLINDNESS OF PERSONS NEWLY REGISTERED DURING 1965
Cause Male Female Total -
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TABLE lll(a) SUMMARY OF OCCUPATIONS OF BLIND PERSONS AT 31.12.65
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TABLE lll(b) ANALYSIS OF THE OCCUPATIONS OF EMPLOYED BLIND PERSONS
Sheltered Workshops Home Workers Scheme Open Industry Total -
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Thereare 43 persons near and prospectively blind who require the full range of welfare services. Their circumstances are as follows:-
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PARTIALLY-SIGHTED PERSONS (REGISTERED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1965, SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION BY AGE GROUPS OF THE PARTIALLY-SIGHTED POPULATION TABLE 1
0-1 2-4 5-15 16-20 21-49 50-64 65 & over Total -
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TABLE II PARTIALLY-SIGHTED PERSONS REGISTERED AS NEW CASES
0-1 2-4 5-15 16-20 21-49 50-64 65 & over Total -
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TABLE III REMOVALS FROM REGISTER DURING THE YEAR FOR REASONS SET OUT BELOW (i) On admission to Blind Register:
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(ii) On decertification due to improved visual acuity:
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TABLE IV ANALYSIS OF CAUSES OF PARTIAL-SIGHT OF PERSONS NEWLY REGISTERED DURING 1965
CAUSES Male Female Total -
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TABLE 1
Code General Classes - Analysis Male Female Total -
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TABLE II NEW REGISTRATIONS DURING 1965 ANALYSIS OF DISABILITIES
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The total number of holidays arranged was 1,305. The following is a summary of the holidays arranged for residents of this borough:-
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During the period under review, the Council became responsible for the burial of 25 persons. The following is a summary of the action taken:-
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TABLE 1 - SPEAKERS
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TABLE II - SUBJECTS
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TABLE III - AUDIENCE GROUPS
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BACTERIOLOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL WORK The following is a summary of the work performed during 1965:-
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Details of the number of Kensington and Chelsea casesadmitted during 1965 to the Hammersmith and Westminster mortuaries are as follows:-
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2. SINCE INTRODUCTION OF QUESTIONNAIRE ON 1st APRIL, 1965