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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
Hampstead 1915
Report for the year 1915 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Registered Workshops.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end. of year. | no. |
|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 29 |
| Bootmakers | 37 |
| Dressmakers and ladies' tailors | 96 |
| Laundries | 5 |
| Milliners | 27 |
| Tailors | 40 |
| Watchmakers and jewellers | 12 |
| Wigmakers | 12 |
| Other | 160 |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 418 |
Other Matters.
Class (1) NO. (2)
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories :—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Worshop Acts
(s. 133, 1901) 8
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable
under the Public Heath Acts, but not under the Factory and
Workshop Acts (s. 5, 1901) :—
Notified by H.M. Inspector 1
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector 1
Other 2
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) in use at the end of the year 20
Section C.
PREVALENCE OF & CONTROL OVER ACUTE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS).
The list of Infectious Diseases notifiable in London during
1915, was as follows :—
Small-pox. Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Cholera. Typhus Fever.
Diphtheria. Relapsing Fever.
Membranous Croup. Continued Fever.
Erysipelas. Puerperal Fever.
Scarlet Fever. Anthrax
Epidemic CerebroHydrophobia Occurring in Man.
Spinal Meningitis. Glanders
Plague. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Polio-Myelitis. Chicken-Pox.
(From March 17th—June 30th, 1915.)