Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cleaning and Washing | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Household Linen | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cosaques, Christmas Crackers, Christmas Stockings, etc. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
TOTALS | 32 | - | - | - | - | - |
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
A.—Notifiable Diseases during the Year 1948.
Disease | Total cases notified | Cases admitted to hospital | Total Deaths |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 78* | 70 | - |
Whooping Cough | 36 § | 3 | 1 |
Diphtheria | 1† | 1 | - |
Measles | 335+ | 21 | - |
Pneumonia | 13 | 5 | 33 |
Paratyphoid Fever | l* | 1 | - |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - |
Dysentery | 4 | 4 | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 1 | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | 15 | - |
Small-pox | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | 4 | — | — |
Malaria (contracted abroad) | — | — | — |
Ac. Polio-encephalitis | — | - | - |
* In addition, four cases originally notified and admitted to Hospital were
subsequently diagnosed not Scarlet Fever.
In addition two cases originally notified and admitted to Hospital were
subsequently diagnosed not Poliomyelitis.
† In addition nine 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.
* Originally notified as Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
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