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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 21.—Summary of Food Premises.
| Type of Business | Totals |
|---|---|
| Hotels and boarding houses | 332 |
| Restaurants, cafes and snack bars | 305 |
| Grocers and provision merchants | 174 |
| Canteens and clubs | 184 |
| Public houses and wine bars | 165 |
| Confectioners | 119 |
| Refreshment houses | 94 |
| Stalls, street trading | 87 |
| Greengrocers and fruiterers | 61 |
| Butchers | 52 |
| Schools and nurseries | 49 |
| Bakers | 30 |
| Wine merchants (off-licence) | 29 |
| Fishmongers | 13 |
| Milk depots | 7 |
| Coffee stalls and kiosks | 5 |
| Ice-cream manufacturers | 3 |
| 1,709 |
TABLE 22.—Legal Proceedings : Food Hygiene.
| Date of Hearing | Offence | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 30.5.61 | Smoking whilst handling open food (Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960) | Fined £10 with 2 gns. costs. |
TABLE 23.—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— | ||||
| Erysipelas | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Scarlet fever | 13 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 13 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | - | — | 4 | — |
| Pneumonia | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Measles | 422 | 17 | 44 | 74 | 47 | 58 | 158 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | - | — | 17 | 405 |
| Whooping cough | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 |
| Scabies | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | — | 11 | — |
| Tuberculosis— | |||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | — | 1 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 23 |
| Non-pulmonary | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Food poisoning | 8 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Totals | 529 | 19 | 47 | 77 | 50 | 63 | 177 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 62 | 467 |
*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, poliomyelitis or acute
encephalitis.