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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
Kingston upon Thames 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| 24. Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | 2 |
| 25. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 11 | 8 |
| 26. Puerperal Sepsis | — | 4 |
| 27. Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | _ | _ |
| 28. Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth | 11 | 5 |
| 29. Suicide | 4 | 3 |
| 30. Other Deaths from Violence | 10 | 5 |
| 31. Other defined Diseases | 46 | 53 |
| 32. Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | — |
METEOROLOGY. 1926
| Temperature of Air. | Rainfall. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest. | Lowest. | Mean Max. | Mean Min. | Inches. | |
| January | 54 | 18 | 45 | 34 | 2.64 |
| February | 61 | 27 | 52 | 41 | 2.28 |
| March | 63 | 29 | 53 | 38 | 0.22 |
| April | 75 | 34 | 61 | 41 | 3.32 |
| May | 89 | 34 | 66 | 44 | 1.53 |
| June | 82 | 37 | 75 | 46 | 2.64 |
| July | 93 | 42 | 80 | 50 | 2.23 |
| August | 87 | 40 | 75 | 46 | 0.78 |
| September | 83 | 37 | 66 | 48 | 1.20 |
| October | 67 | 22 | 52 | 36 | 2.36 |
| November | 56 | 20 | 45 | 35 | 6.55 |
| December | 50 | 20 | 36 | 29 | 0.23 |
| Total | 25.98 | ||||
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Professional Nursing in the Home.
(a) General.—This is carried out by District Nurses
from the Kingston Nursing Association, and in necessitous
cases the fees are defrayed by the Council.
(b) Infectious Diseases.—In Measles, Whooping
Cough, and Epidemic Diarrhoea, the Health Visitors are
under instructions to visit the cases and give practical
advice as to the best methods of nursing them.
Midwives.
The Midwives are under the administrative control of
the Surrey County Council.
There were live registered as practising in the Borough
at the end of the year.