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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
Willesden 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| Pertussis: | ||||||
| Cough plate | - | |||||
| Post-nasal swab | - | |||||
| Negative | - | |||||
| Total | 9 | |||||
| Milk : Pasteurised | 300 | |||||
| Taken from School | Taken from Dealers' | Premises. | ||||
| Pasteurised | Pasteurised. | T. T. Pasteurised. | Sterilised. | |||
| No. taken | 157 | 68 | 20 | 38 | ||
| No. satisfactory | 149 | 65 | 20 | 32 | ||
| No. unsatisfactory in respect of Methylene Blue test only and second sample taken | 8 | 3 | ||||
| No. unsatisfactory in respect of turbidity test (sterilised only) | - | - | - | 6 | ||
| No. of second samples satisfactory | 8 | 3 | - | 6 | ||
| Ice Cream : | 10 | |||||
| Grade | 2 | |||||
| Grade 2 | 3 | |||||
| Grade 3 | 3 | |||||
| Grade 4 | 2 | |||||
| Water : Domestic supplies, etc. | 7 | |||||
| Satisfactory | 7 | |||||
| Unsatisfactory | - | |||||
| Swimming pools | 86 | |||||
| Satisfactory | 86 | |||||
| Unsatisfactory | - | |||||
| MISCELLANEOUS | 188 | |||||
| TOTAL | 3557 | |||||
Uncleanliness and Scabies.
Cases Treated at the Scabies and Lice Treatment Centre, Neasden Hospital.
| No. of new cases treated | Total No. of attendances | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For scabies | For lice and nits | Total | For scabies | For lice and nits | Total | ||
| Children under 5 years | 36 | 22 | 58 | 120 (7) | 142 | ||
| Children 5-14 years | 45 | 213 | 258 | 170 (8) | 231 | 401 | |
| Adults : | Men | 31 | 6 | 37 | 297 (14) | 84 | 381 |
| Women | 60 | 65 | 125 | ||||
The numbers in the brackets are contacts of scabies who on inspection showed no signs of infection,
but nevertheless received treatment. They are not included in the total.