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Marylebone 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 24.—Summary of Food Premises.
| Type of Business | Totals |
|---|---|
| Restaurants, cafes and snack bars | 310 |
| Canteens and clubs | 203 |
| Grocers and provision merchants | 190 |
| Butchers | 63 |
| Greengrocers and fruiterers | 62 |
| Fishmongers | 14 |
| Bakers | 38 |
| Confectioners | 125 |
| Wine merchants (off licence) | 37 |
| Public houses and other licensed premises | 163 |
| Hotels and boarding houses | 345 |
| Coffee stalls and kiosks | 5 |
| Schools and nurseries | 51 |
| Stalls, street trading | 92 |
| 1,698 |
TABLE 25.—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— | |||||||
| Poliomyelitis | |||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Scarlet fever | 19 | _ | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 17 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 15 | 3 | — | — | 17 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | 6 |
| Dysentery | 46 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 36 | 20 | 26 |
| Measles | 250 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 25 | 35 | 110 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 250 |
| Whooping cough | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| Scabies | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Tuberculosis— | |||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 58 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 24 | 34 |
| N on-pulmonary | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Food poisoning | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Acute Encephalitis | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| (Infective) | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 430 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 29 | 37 | 128 | 17 | 9 | 50 | 13 | 34 | 49 | 73 | 357 |
* 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,
typhoid fever.
TABLE 26.—Tuberculosis : New Cases and Deaths.
| At ages— years | *NEW CASES | deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| 0—1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1—5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5—15 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 15—25 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 25—35 | 10 | 17 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 35—45 | 10 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | |
| 45—55 | 14 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 55—65 | 12 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 65 and upwards | 8 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | |
| Totals | 61 | 49 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | ||
* Including all primary notifications and also any other new cases of tuberculosis which
came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year.