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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
Southall 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Outworkers
| Nature of Work | Section 110 | Section 110 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of outworkers in August List required by Section 110 (1) (c) | No. of Cases of Default in sending Lists to the Council | No. of Prosecutions for failure to supply Lists | No. of Instances of Work in Unwholesome Premises | Notices served | Prosecutions | |
| Wearing Apparel | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Upholstery | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Toys | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Boxes | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Petroleum and Carbide
During the year 64 applications for licences to store petroleum were granted, and 5
applications were granted for licences to store carbide of calcium.
Celluloid and Cinematograph Films Act, 1922
There are two licences in force for the purpose of stripping and making celluloid solution
from cinematograph films.
Housing
Four hundred and forty-four investigations revealed 38 cases of overcrowding (Housing
Act, 1936). Other cases of overcrowding, though not statutory, were recommended on
social grounds in the interests of Public Health. Of the 91 cases of statutory overcrowding
remaining in the Health Department records at the end of 1949, 7 have been relieved at
the end of 1950, leaving 84, which with 38 new cases, one of which was also relieved during
the year, makes a total of 121 cases now awaiting relief.
For statistics see Table XV in the Appendix.
Administration of the Shops Acts
A considerable increase will be noted in this branch of the work, which is now coming
more into routine. For particulars see Table XIV.
Markets
The only market held in Southall is a small weekly one for the sale of horses, pigs,
poultry and other livestock. This is kept under supervision. Action was taken to secure
the regular removal of manure.
HYGIENE OF FOOD
No outbreak of food poisoning occurred during 1950. Sixteen individual cases of food
poisoning were notified to the Department during 1950. In 11 cases no causative organism
was isolated, 5 showed Salmonella. Four cases of dysentery were also notified, 2 of which
were identified as being due to Shigella sonnei. While certain foods were mentioned as
being suspected, the fact that others who shared the same risk did not suffer illness made
the suspected source of infection very doubtful, and food sampled as the result of investigation,
in all these cases, produced no positive results.
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