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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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Outwork (Sections 110 and 111).
| Nature of Work | Section 110 | Section 111 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of outworkers in August list required by Section 110 (1) (c) | No. of cases of default in sending lists to Council | No. of prosecutions for failure to supply list | No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises | Notices Served | Prosecutions | |
| Wearing Apparel: | ||||||
| Making, etc. | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cleaning & Washing | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Household Linen | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brass and Brass Articles | 9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Carding, etc., of Buttons, etc. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cosaques, Christmas Crackers, Christ- mas Stockings, etc. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 46 | - | — | — | — | — |
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
A.—Notifiable Diseases during the Year 1947.
| Disease | Total Cases notified | Cases admitted to hospital | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 65 | 60 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 76§ | 13 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 3† | 3 | — |
| Measles | 438‡ | 25 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 3 | 47 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 27x | 27 | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 12 | 12 | — |
| Small-pox | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 11 | 4 | — |
| Malaria (contracted abroad) | — | — | — |
| Ac Polioencephalitis | 1 | 1 | 1 |
*In addition, three cases originally notified and admitted to Hospital were
subsequently diagnosed not Scarlet Fever.
xln addition, eleven cases originally notified and admitted to Hospital were
subsequently diagnosed not Poliomyelitis.
†in addition, five cases originally notified and admitted to Hospital
were subsequently diagnosed not Diphtheria.
‡In addition, two cases originally notified and admitted to Hospital were
subsequently diagnosed not Measles.
§In addition, one case originally notified and admitted to Hospital was
diagnosed not Whooping Cough.
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