Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY. WARD DISTRIBUTION.
North East | North West | South East | South West | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Measles | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Whooping Cough | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Diarrhœa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 42 |
Enteritis | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
Premature Birth | 2 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 25 |
Congenital Defects | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
Injury at Birth | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 2 | ... | 1 | 5 | |
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Syphilis | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Convulsions | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Bronchitis | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
Suffocation Overlaying | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
Other causes | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
Totals | 30 | 26 | 29 | 103 | 183 |
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
I. INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
Premises. | lnspecttions. | Written Notices. |
---|---|---|
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 25 | 10 |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 107 | — |
Workplaces (other than Outworker's premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | — | — |
Total | 132 | 10 |
2. DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars. Nuisances under Public Health Acts:— | Found. | Remedied | |
---|---|---|---|
Want of cleanliness | 6 | 6 | |
Want of ventilation | 5 | 5 | |
Overcrowding | - | - | |
Want of drainage of floors | 10 | 10 | |
Other Nuisances | 10 | 10 | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 11 | 11 |
unsuitable or defective | 17 | 17 | |
not separate for sexes | — | — | |
Total | 60 | 60 |