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 Willesden]
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Table 41
Defects found
Found | Remedied | Referred | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | |||
Want of cleanliness (sec. 1) | 3 | 3 | — | — |
Overcrowding (sec. 2) | — | — | — | — |
Unreasonable temperature (sec. 3) | — | — | — | — |
Inadequate ventilation (sec. 4) | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Ineffective drainage of floors (sec. 6) | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Sanitary conveniences (sec. 7) | ||||
(a) Insufficient | 4 | 3 | — | 1 |
(b) Unsuitable or defective | 35 | 47* | — | — |
(c) Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | 1 |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outworkers) | 4 | 4 | 6 | — |
Total | 49 | 60* | 6 | 2 |
* Twelve defects outstanding from previous year.
No prosecutions were instituted during the year.
Table 42
Outworkers
Nature of work | No. of outworkers in August list | No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises | Notices served |
---|---|---|---|
Wearing apparel (making, etc.) | 168 | — | — |
Household linen | — | — | — |
Curtains and furniture hangings | 1 | — | — |
Furniture and upholstery | 1 | — | — |
Artificial flowers | — | — | — |
Paper bags | — | — | — |
Making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partiallv of paper | — | — | — |
Carding, etc. of buttons, etc | 17 | — | — |
Stuffed toys | 46 | 2 | 2 |
Cosaques, Christmas stockings, etc. | 6 | — | — |
Imitation jewellery and jewellerv pads | 10 | — | — |
Lampshades | 7 | — | — |
Total | 256 | 2 | 2 |
There were no cases of default in sending lists to the Council, and there were no prosecutions.
CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
Table 43 Ante-natal Clinics
Clinic | Sessions | New cases | Attendances | Average attendance per session | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antenatal | Postnatal | Antenatal | Postnatal | |||
Kilburn | 102 | 459 | 17 | 1,958 | 17 | 19.4 |
Pound Lane | 102 | 398 | 4 | 1,798 | 4 | 17.7 |
Stonebridge | 151 | 673 | 11 | 3,058 | 12 | 20.3 |
Neasden | 52 | 96 | 4 | 324 | 4 | 6.3 |
Cricklewood (Sneyd Road) | 51 | 308 | 5 | 872 | 6 | 17.2 |
Kensal Rise (St. Martin's) South Kilburn | 50 | 274 | — | 1,199 | — | 24.0 |
(Chichester Terrace) | 51 | 198 | 7 | 817 | 7 | 16.1 |
Totals: 1961 | 559 | 2,406 | 48 | 10,026 | 50 | 17.9 |
1960 | 556 | 2,036 | 43 | 8,474 | 43 | 15.3 |