London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Infectious Illness.
| Disease | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken pox | 355 | |
| Dysentery | 57 | |
| Diarrhoea | ||
| Enteritis | ||
| Food Poisoning | 1 | |
| German measles | 103 | |
| Influenza | 179 | |
| Impetigo | 17 | |
| Jaundice | 4 | |
| Measles | 145 | |
| Ophthalmia | 18 | |
| Conjunctivitis | ||
| Mumps | 243 | |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 8 | |
| Scabies | 4 | |
| Scarlet fever | 24 | |
| Sore throat | 16 | |
| Tonsillitis | 113 | |
| Whooping cough | 25 | |
| Eye infection (not conjunctivitis) | 1 | |
| Gastric influenza | 8 | |
| Glandular fever | 2 | |
| Pharyngitis | 1 | |
Dental.
Daring the course of the year, there was a retirement of one
full-time dental officer and, at the end of the year, the staff
consisted of one full-time dental officer and three others employed
on a part-time basis.
There were 8,147 (9,566) attendances at the four dental clinics,
13 (14) anaesthetic sessions were held in addition to the 1,228
(1,388) treatment sessions; 1? (5) dental inspection sessions were
held in the schools.
In the last quarter of the year, the old Kenley Street clinic
was closed, and the dental sessions, together with the other school
health work, were transferred to the new building in Walmer Road.