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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| Shigella | 672 | ||||
| Salmonella | 25 | ||||
| Protozoa | 2 | ||||
| Negative | 2981 | ||||
| Total | 3680 | ||||
| Sputum: | |||||
| T.B. (Smear) | 392 | ||||
| Other organisms | 25 | ||||
| Negative | 1646 | ||||
| Total | 2063 | ||||
| B.Pertussis: | |||||
| Cough plate | - | ||||
| Post-nasal swab | 3 | ||||
| Negative | 18 | ||||
| Total | 21 | ||||
| Milk Examinations: | |||||
| Pasteurised | 264 | ||||
| Other | |||||
| Grades of milk | Schools (pasteurised) | Dealers' premises | Total | ||
| Pasteurised | T.T. pasteurised | Sterilised | |||
| Samples | 134 | 55 | 25 | 37 | 251 |
| Satisfactory | 129 | 47 | 25 | 37 | 238 |
| Unsatisfactory | 5 | 8 | — | — | 13 |
| Second sample taken—all satisfactory | |||||
| Ice Cream Tests: | 8 | ||||
| Grade 1 | 6 | ||||
| Grade 2 | 2 | ||||
| Grade 3 | - | ||||
| Grade 4 | - | ||||
| Water Examination: | |||||
| Domestic supplies, etc. | 1 | ||||
| Satisfactory | 1 | ||||
| Unsatisfactory | — | ||||
| Swimming pools | 67 | ||||
| Satisfactory | 67 | ||||
| Unsatisfactory | — | ||||
| Miscellaneous : | 1 | 110 | |||
| Total: | , | 6924 | |||
Uncleanliness and Scabies
There was a further reduction in the number of cases and attendances at the scabies and lice treatment
centre. The number of cases in 1951 was 56 per cent. of 1950 and the number of attendances 50 per cent.
The Council are considering alternative arrangements for this service because the local hospital management
committee require the building for hospital purposes.