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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington and Chelsea 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Description
Respiratory
Non-Respiratory
Total
M
F
M
F
Removed from register on account
of having -
(a) Recovered 27 24 2 1 54
(b) Removed from district, lost
sight of, etc. 111 69 4 9 193
(c) Died 15 9 1 - 25
Remaining on register on 31st
December, 1965 671 475 60 96 1,302
All newly notified cases and those cases transferring into, or changing their
address in, the borough, have been visited by the public health inspectors with the object
of tracing the source of infection, preventing the spread of infection and removing conditions
favourable to infection. Particular attention was given to the home conditions in addition
to the dissemination of advice to prevent the transmission of infection to contacts.
During the year, 180 visits were paid to the homes of tuberculous patients. In
106 of these, the environmental conditions were such as to require no further action. In a
further 57 cases, it was found that the patients had moved away or were away in hospital or
could not be contacted by the end of the year.
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 | ||
| U.S.A. | 1 | I | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Barbados | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Rumania | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Finland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| British Guiana | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Jamaica | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Indies | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Canada | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Burma | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Ceylon | 1 | 1 | |||||||||