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NUMBER AND TRADES OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED
DURING 1956
Wearing apparel, making
of 535
Household linen 4
Lace, lace curtains and
nets 9
Curtains and furniture
hangings 2
Furniture and upholstery 2
Umbrellas, etc 1
Artificial flowers 8
Total
Paper bags 9
Boxes 50
Brush making 19
Carding, etc., of buttons,
etc 2
Stuffed toys 26
Cosaques, Christmas
crackers, Christmas
stockings, etc. 43
Lampshades 4
714
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 1956 was considerably smaller
than in 1955. There were fewer cases of measles, of scarlet fever,
and poliomyelitis. Notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis were
higher at 71 against 61 in 1955.
There was little more bacillary dysentery (33 against 18).
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.