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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 23.—Summary of Food Premises.
| Type of Business | Totals |
|---|---|
| Hotels and boarding houses | 335 |
| Restaurants, cafes and snack bars | 307 |
| Grocers and provision merchants | 180 |
| Canteens and clubs | 170 |
| Public houses and other licensed premises | 161 |
| Confectioners | 125 |
| Refreshment houses | 93 |
| Stalls, street trading | 91 |
| Greengrocers and fruiterers | 58 |
| Butchers | 55 |
| Schools and nurseries | 50 |
| Bakers | 30 |
| Wine merchants (off-licence) | 30 |
| Fishmongers | 13 |
| Milk depots | 7 |
| Coffee stalls and kiosks | 5 |
| Ice-cream manufacturers | 3 |
| 1,713 |
TABLE 24. — Unsound Food Voluntarily Surrendered.
| Description | Tons | Cwts. | Qtrs. | Lbs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat and offal | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Sausages, brawn, etc | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Canned meat | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| Bacon and ham | — | 9 | — | 3 |
| Poultry and game | — | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| Canned food (other than meat) | 2 | 17 | 3 | 15 |
| Fish | — | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Fruit and Vegetables | — | 3 | — | 27 |
| Miscellaneous | — | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| Totals | 12 | 3 | 3 | 24 |
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— | |||||||||||||||
| Non-Paralytic | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | - | — | — | - | — | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | - | — | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 15 | — | - | - | — | 3 | 9 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | 14 | - |
| Pneumonia | 7 | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Dysentery | 19 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | - | 5 | — | - | - | 6 | 13 |
| Measles | 145 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 31 | 23 | 48 | — | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 139 |
| Whooping cough | 53 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 1 | - | — | — | - | - | 3 | 50 |
| Scabies | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Tuberculosis— | |||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 55 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 27 | 28 |
| Non-pulmonary | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Food poisoning | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | 4 |
| Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | - | — | - | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | - |
| Totals | 326 | 13 | 28 | 24 | 40 | 34 | 90 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 67 | 259 |
* 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, ophthalmia neonatorum, meningococcal infection.