Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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table 6.
INFANTILE MORTALITY. Ward Distribution.
North East | North West | South East | South West | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Measles | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Diphtheria | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Diarrhoea | ... | ... | 2 | 24 | 26 |
Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 |
Gastritis | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Prematurity | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 28 |
Congenital Defects | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | 7 |
Injury at Birth | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
Waut of Breast-Milk, Starvation | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
Other 1 uberculous Diseases | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Syphilis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Convulsions | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 |
Bronchitis | 1 | ... | 1 | 9 | 11 |
Pneumonia | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |
Suffocation (overlaying) | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
Other Causes | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Totals | 19 | 11 | 37 | 91 | 158 |
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
Premises. Inspec Written
tions. Notices.
Factories (including Factory Laundries) ) 466 108
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in
Part 3 of this Report)
Total 466 108
2.—Defects Fodnd.
Particulars. Found. Remedied.
Nuisances under Public Health Acts—
Waut of cleanliness 30 30
Want of ventilation 7 7
Overcrowding 5 5
Want of drainage of floors 16 16
Other Nuisances 13 13
insufficient 8 8
Sanitary accommodation unsuitable or defective 23 23
not separate for sexes 6 6
Total 108 108