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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 16.—Summary of Premises Registered for Preserving Food or for the Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice-Creav:.
| Type of Business | Preserving Food | Ice Cream |
|---|---|---|
| Butchers | 82 | 2 |
| Tobacconists, confectioners/newsagents | — | 95 |
| Grocers and provision merchants | 33 | 66 |
| Fishmongers | 4 | 3 |
| General stores | 7 | 19 |
| Milk shops | — | 20 |
| Greengrocers and fruiterers | — | 25 |
| Public houses | — | 3 |
| Ice-cream factories | — | 2 |
| 126 | 235 |
TABLE 17.—Summary of Food Premises.
| Type of Business | Totals |
|---|---|
| Restaurants, cafes and snack bars | 321 |
| Canteens and clubs | 216 |
| Grocers and provision merchants | 182 |
| Butchers | 55 |
| Greengrocers and fruiterers | 64 |
| Fishmongers | 16 |
| Bakers | 38 |
| Confectioners | 115 |
| Wine merchants (off licence) | 36 |
| Public houses and wine bars, etc. | 124 |
| Hotels and boarding houses | 50 |
| Coffee stalls and kiosks | 4 |
| Schools and nurseries | 25 |
| Stalls, street trading | 95 |
| 1,341 |
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 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Scarlet fever | 20 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 20 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| Dysentery | 44 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 42 |
| Measles | 246 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 35 | 36 | 112 | 3 | 2 | 5 | — | — | _ | 4 | 242 |
| Whooping cough | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | i | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| Scabies | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | —_ | — | 6 |
| tuberculosis— Pulmonary | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 30 | 32 |
| Non-pulmonary | 9 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 9 | — |
| Food poisoning | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | 14 |
| Typhoid fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Totals | 456 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 44 | 152 | 13 | 8 | 52 | 14 | 43 | 9 | 68 | 388 |
*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, malaria, induced malaria, paratyphoid fever, acute
poliomyelitis, acute encephalitis.