London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Heston and Isleworth 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| No. of houses known to he overcrowded at end of year. | 69 | 69 |
| No. of new cases of overcrowding found during year. | – | 5 |
| No of cases of overcrowding relieved during year. | – | 41 |
| No. of houses demolished voluntarily. | 4 | 14 |
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
| 1940. | 1939. | |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections of dairies, etc. | 178 | 576 |
| Inspections of Ice cream premises. | 93 | 534 |
| Inspections of bakehouses. | 62 | 198 |
| Inspections of slaughterhouses. | 9 | 473 |
| Inspections of premises where food is sold or manufactured. | ||
| - meat. | 427 | 1,009 |
| - fish. | 105 | 194 |
| - provisions. | 199 | 80 |
| - greengrocery and fruit. | 148 | 158 |
| - hawkers. | 27 | 115 |
| - food preparation. | 194 | 498 |
| - other foods. | 304 | 43 |
| Unsound food seized or surrendered (lbs.) | 4,613 | 3 ,764 |
PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
| 194 0 | 1939 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | |
| Smallpox. | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet fever. | 96 | – | 175 | – |
| Diphtheria. | 73 | 5 | 51 | 5 |
| Erysipelas. | 35 | - | 23 | - |
| Pneumonia | 200 | 57 | 142 | 35 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever. | 43 | 6 | 6 | – |
| Epidemic encephalitis. | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis. | 1 | – | – | – |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers. | 4 | – | 3 | – |
| Dysentery. | – | – | 1 | – |
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