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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

City of Westminster 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

Published
1951
Author
Shinnie, Andrew J.
Pages
54
Tables
42

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42 tables in this report

  • Page 15
    Infantile Mortality.
    Causes of Death.Total.Legitimate.Illegitimate.
  • Page 15
    Infectious Disease.
    Notifications.Removed to Hospital.Deaths.
  • Page 16
    Deaths, 1950.
    Causes of Deaths.Years of Age.
    SexAll Ages.0-11-55-1515- 2525-4545-6565-7575+
  • Page 17
    Deaths, 1950 —continued.
    Causes of Deaths.Years of Age.
    Sex.All Ages.0-11-55-1515-2525-4545-6565-7575+
  • Page 18
    Tuberculosis.
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
  • Page 22
    Summary of Inspections of all Types of Premises.
    Primary.Re-inspection.
  • Page 23
    Summary of Notices Served.
    Dwellings.Factories, . Workplaces, &c.Food.Catering.Tota's.
  • Page 23
    Dwelling Houses.
    Primary.Re-inspection.
  • Page 24
    Notices served.
  • Page 24
    Defects found.
  • Page 24
    Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936, Section IV).
  • Page 24
    Housing Acts, 1936 to 1949.
  • Page 25
    B.—Parts of Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation.
  • Page 25
    C.—Informal Action in respect of Paris of Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation. Number of instances of informal action taken to secure requirements of the Housing Act and Regulations made thereunder:—
  • Page 25
    D.—Contraventions of Closing Orders.
  • Page 25
    Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
  • Page 26
    House to House Inspection. During the year 432 properties, involving 508 dwellings, were inspected. Of these properties 225 were residential, 85 part residential, 116 business premises and 6 bombed, derelict, &c , buildings.
  • Page 26
    Factories, Workplaces, Shops and Other Premises (other than Food Premises).
    Summary of Inspections.Primary.Re-inspections.
  • Page 27
    Types of premises inspected.
  • Page 27
    Notices—Summary.
    Intimation.Statutory.
  • Page 28
    Notices—Analysis.
    Factories. Power.Factories. Non-PowerWorkplaces. Shops &c.
  • Page 29
    Catering Establishments and Other Food Premises.
    Summary of Inspections.Primary.Re-inspections.
  • Page 32
    Food Shops and Other Food Premises (other than Catering Establishments).
    Primary.Re-inspections.
  • Page 33
    Visits for the Purpose of Obtaining Samples and Inspecting Foodstuffs.
    Sampling.Inspection of Food.
  • Page 34
    Food Shops and Other Food Premises.
  • Page 34
    Catering Establishments.
    Analysis of Inspections.Primary.Re-inspections.
  • Page 35
    Defects found.
  • Page 36
    Samples Purchased under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Showing Results of Analysis for the Year 1950.
    Articles of Food.Number of Samples Purchased.Adulterated.Genuine.
  • Page 37
    Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949. At the 31st December, 1950, the following were entered in the City Council's Registers of Dairies and Distributors of Milk:—
  • Page 37
    The following are particulars of licences granted during 1950 to dealers in respect of the sale of milk under prescribed or special designations:—
    Principal. Licence.Supplementary. Licence.
  • Page 38
    Unsound Food. The following table shows the amount, and method of disposal, of food condemned by the inspectors as unfit for human consumption during the year 1950:—
    Articles.AmountAmount
    Tons.Cwt.Lb.Tons.. Ctvt. Lb.Tons. Cwt. Lb.
    Destroyed.Salvaged.Total.
  • Page 41
    Rats and Mice Repression.
  • Page 41
    The following action was taken during the year in this connection:—
  • Page 42
    The following tables give the results of the monthly analysis of the impurities collected in the deposit gauges.
    Analyses of Deposited Impurities (tons per square mile).
    1950.Mayfair.Pimlico.Charing Cross.
    Total Solids.Sulphates.Total Solids.Sulphates.Total Solids.Sulphates.
  • Page 43
    Sulphur Dioxide in Milligrammes per 100 sq. cms. per day.
    Mayfair.Pimlico.Charing Cross.
  • Page 43
    Smoke Abatement. Observations were continued throughout the year, and the following table summarises the action taken in mitigation of smoke nuisances:—
  • Page 43
    Legal Proceedings.
  • Page 44
    Analysis of Legal Proceedings.
    Fines.Costs.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 45
    Disinfection and Disinfestation.
    Rooms.Articles.Articles Destroyed.Articles Washed.Vehicles.Books.
  • Page 45
    Treatments.
    Men.Women.Children (under school age).Children (School).Articles.
  • Page 46
    During the year 36 burials were undertaken by the City Council in its cemetery at Hanwell, the requests for such burials being received from the following sources:—
  • Page 47
    Number of Cases.