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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
Islington 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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24
for examination. Of these 27 were adulterated (or 2.44 per cent) as shown in the
following summary—
Formal
Rum Essence 1
Cake Flour 1
Pork Sausages 6
Beef Sausages 1
Pork Sausage Meat 7
Golden Raising Powder 1
17
Informal
Yorkshire Relish 1
Cake Flour 1
Golden Raising Powder 1
Granulated Sugar 1
Bread 2
Milk Bottles (improperly
cleansed) 4
10
Shops Act, 1934.
Inspections 179
Re-visits 2,337
Rag Flock Act, 1911, etc.
During the year 2 visits were made to premises to ascertain if rag flock was
being sold. One sample was taken and reported against, which resulted in legal
action being taken.
SECTION F.
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Deaths during the year 1946.
| Diseases | No. of Notifications | No. of Deaths | Cases removed to hospital | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 394 | (366) | — | 164 |
| Diphtheria | 137 | (86) | — | 136 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 5 | (-) | 5 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | (12) | 3 | 13 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 66 | (41) | — | 57 |
| Acute Primary and Influenzal Pneumonia | 112 | (65) | 13 | 32 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 25 | (24) | — | 21 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | ( -) | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 10 | (11) | 3 | 9 |
| Anthrax | — | (-) | — | — |
| Dysentery | 68 | (86) | 1 | 47 |
| Malaria | 11 | (12) | — | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 86 | (69) | 1 | 32 |
| Measles | 1,877 (1,771) | 1 | 174 | |
| Whooping Cough | 567 | (211) | 8 | 135 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | – | ( 9) | — | — |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | (-) | — | — | |
| Scabies | 809 | (981) | — | — |
(Figures in brackets are notifications for 1945)
Smallpox and Vaccination.
No case of smallpox was notified. Of the 4,233 births returned on the "Birth