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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
Marylebone 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 17.—Summary of Food Premises.
| Type of Business | Totals |
|---|---|
| Restaurants, cafes and snack bars | 323 |
| Canteens and clubs | 229 |
| Grocers and provision merchants | 198 |
| Butchers | 62 |
| Greengrocers and fruiterers | 62 |
| Fishmongers | 18 |
| Bakers | 37 |
| Confectioners | 162 |
| Wine merchants | 38 |
| Public houses | 118 |
| Other licensed premises | 13 |
| Hotels | 52 |
| Coffee stalls and kiosks | 4 |
| Schools and nurseries | 20 |
| Stalls, street trading | 101 |
| 1,437 |
TABLE 18.—Notifiable Diseases and Notifications.
| * Notifiable Disease | Cases notified in whole Borough | Cases removed to hospital | Cases isolated at home | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages | At ages—years | ||||||||||||||
| —1 | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 35— | 45— | 65— | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 6 |
| Scarlet fever | 28 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 25 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 23 | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 23 | - |
| Poliomyelitis— | |||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Non-paralytic | 4 | — | — | — | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Dysentery | 18 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| Measles | 506 | 9 | 31 | 64 | 71 | 81 | 229 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | _- | 6 | 500 |
| Whooping cough | 61 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 60 |
| Scabies | 10 | — | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 10 |
| Malaria (contracted abroad) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Tuberculosis— | |||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 65 | — | — | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 22 |
| Non-pulmonary | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Food poisoning | 9 | — | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 8 |
| Typhoid fever | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (post-infectious) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — |
| Totals | 752 | 18 | 42 | 71 | 78 | 91 | 283 | 23 | 14 | 66 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 100 | 652 |
| * There were no cases in the Borough of the following diseases which are also notifiable: Smallpox, diphtheria, membranous croup, cholera, typhus fever, relapsing fever, continued fever, plague, leprosy, hydrophobia, glanders, farcy, anthrax, induced malaria, meningococcal infection, paratyphoid fever. | |||||||||||||||