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Kensington 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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ambulance Service, Metropolitan, Established by the Asylums
Board, under the Provisions of the Poor Law
Act, 1889 41
„ „ Stations 42
„ „ Wharves 43
„ „ River Service 43
„ „ Annual Report of the Ambulance Committee 43
Small-Pox, Hospital Accommodation for 46
„ „ „ The Gore Farm Hospital for
valescents, completed 46
„ „ „ The Hospital Ships 47
Fever, Hospital Accommodation for 48
Western District Fever Hospital (Fulham); Alleged to be
inadequate for the needs of the
West District: Proposal to enlarge 49
„ „ Annual Report of the Medical Superintendent 51
Non-Pauper Infectious Sick : The question of Payment for, in
Hospitals 53
„ „ Expenditure for maintenance of, sanctioned
by the Local Government Board 54
Hospitals, Medical Instruction at, to be provided for Students, etc. 54
„ Table shewing Quarterly and Total Admissions of Patients
at; from each Parish and Union, in 1889; and Population
of the several Districts in 1881 56
Public Health Legislation in 1889 58
Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, Provisions of 58
„ „ Successful working of the 59
„ „ Medical Certificate form defective 60
„ „ Asylums Board furnish Medical Officers of
Health with Weekly Return of Cases notified
under the 61
„ „ Defect in the Act requiring remedy 62
„ „ Cases Notified in the several Parishes and
Districts between October 28th, 1889, and
May 3rd, 1890 (Table) 63
„ „ Compulsory Removal of Non - Isolated
Cases to Hospitals, Better Provision for :
A Desideratum 64
THE Poor Law Act, 1889, Provisions of 64
„ „ Enables Asylums Board legally to admit Non-
Paupers to their Hospitals 64
„ „ Practically makes the Hospitals Free,
ving charges upon Common Poor Fund 65
„ „ Enables Asylums Board to admit to their
Hospitals Paupers suffering from Diphtheria 65