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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| (a) closing orders made | 43 | (93 rooms) |
| (b) closing orders determined | 19 | (37 rooms) |
| (c) consent given to use of closed rooms for non-sleeping purposes | 17 | (30 rooms) |
| (d) undertakings accepted from owners to render part of building fit for habitation | Nil | |
| (e) part of building rendered fit and undertaking cancelled | Nil | |
| Overcrowding | ||
| Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | (503 units) | |
| Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | (783½ units) | |
| Number of cases in which dwelling houses have again become overcrowded after the local authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding | Nil | |
| (NOTE: Units mean the number of equivalent persons in the families, obtained by regarding children between 1 and 10 years of age as ,half-persons, and disregarding infants under the age of twelve months). | ||
MEDICINAL BATHS - PERSONAL CLEANSING STATION. The following table shows the work carried out during 1966:-
| Description | Scabies | Vermin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Cleansings | Persons | Cleansings | |
| Adults Kensington and Chelsea | 102 | 196 | 138 | 146 |
| Other boroughs | ||||
| Schoolchildren Kensington and Chelsea | 42 | 85 | 63 | 63 |
| Other boroughs | 5 | 9 | 58 | 58 |
| Children under five Kensington and Chelsea | 15 | 27 | 12 | 12 |
| Other boroughs | - | - | • | • |
| TOTALS | 164 | 317 | 271 | 279 |
In addition to the cleansing of persons referred to above,
articles of personal clothing disinfested at the medicinal baths
during the year numbered 388.