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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Action under Section 18 of the Housing Act, 1957
| (a) closing orders made | 14 (28 rooms) | |
| (b) closing orders determined | 28 (54 rooms) | |
| (c) consent given to use of closed rooms for non-sleeping purposes | 8 (9 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 | 106 (447½ units) | |
| Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 121 (515½ 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 betweeen 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 1967:-
| Description | Scabies | Vermin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Cleansings | Persons | Cleansings | |
| Adults Kensington and Chelsea | 120 | 192 | 131 | 133 |
| Other boroughs | - | - | - | - |
| Schoolchildren Kensington and Chelsea | 60 | 109 | 106 | 107 |
| Other boroughs | 12 | 27 | 86 | 89 |
| Children under five Kensington and Chelsea | 31 | 45 | 10 | 10 |
| Other boroughs | - | - | - | |
| TOTALS | 223 | 373 | 333 | 339 |
In addition to the cleansing of persons referred to above,
articles of personal clothing disinfested at the medicinal baths
during the year numbered 396.