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NUMBER AND TRADES OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED
DURING 1954
Wearing apparel, making Paper bags 5
of 445 „
Boxes 40
Household linen 11 Brush making 11
Curtains and furniture Carding, etc., of buttons,
hangings 1 etc 2
Furniture and upholstery 2 Stuffed toys 19
Cosaques, Christmas
File making 1
crackers, Christmas
Umbrellas, etc 1 stockings, etc 3
Artificial flowers 8 Lampshades 1
Total 550
F.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
General.—The following tables show the age and ward
incidence of the various infectious diseases which are referred to
in later pages of the report.
The total of notified cases for 1955 was slightly smaller than
in 1954. There were many more cases of measles, but fewer of
other diseases, except tuberculosis (73 against 67), but of these,
cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were approximately the same.
There were 18 cases of poliomyelitis, of which 7 were paralytic.
There was comparatively little bacillary dysentery (18 against
159). Notifications of food poisoning were probably far below
the true incidence. Both these diseases can largely be prevented
by strict personal hygiene, especially adequate hand washing after
using the toilet.