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Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1938
Cinemas and Boot and Shoe Repairing are the only occupations where
young persons are being employed under the above Act. The Registers kept
at these premises were perodically inspected.
Middlesex County Council Act, 1944-1950.
Street Trading.—No Legal proceedings were instituted during 1951. In
16 instances letters of warning were issued.
The inspection of shops, stalls and other traders' premises coming within
the scope of the Acts has been carried out throughout the year, including
Sundays and evenings.
PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Measles and Whooping Cough.
These diseases were made cumpulsory notifiable in October, 1939. 1,610
cases of Measles and 349 cases of Whooping Cough were notified during the
year. There was one death from Measles.
Diphtheria.
Two cases were notified during the year; no cases were notified in 1950.
Scarlet Fever.
Continued to occur throughout the year in a mild form. There were 189
cases compared with 331 in 1950; there were no deaths.
"Return" cases numbered one, allowing for an interval of 28 days
between a patient returning home from the Isolation Hospital and the onset
of the disease in another inmate of the house.
Smallpox.
No cases of smallpox were notified during the year.
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