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 Brent]
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Table 26
General Classes—Occupational Grouping
Groups | Age | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 16 | 16-29 | 30-49 | 50-64 | 65 and over | ||
(a) Handicapped persons (other than ** children) who though possibly needing training for some new occupations are capable of work under ordinary industrial conditions | - | 7 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 67 |
(b) Handicapped persons (other than ** children) who are incapable of work under ordinary industrial conditions but who are mobile and capable of work in sheltered workshops | 4 | 10 | 24 | 38 | ||
(c) Handicapped persons (other than ** children) who are incapable of work under ordinary industrial conditions and who are insufficiently mobile for work in sheltered workshops but who are capable of work at home | - | 2 | 9 | 18 | - | 29 |
(d) Handicapped persons (other than children) who are incapable of, or not available for work | - | 34 | 89 | 242 | 593 | 958 |
(e) Handicapped persons who are children under the age of 16 years and whose needs are likely to be met under other enactments but for whom the local authority have a general responsibility under Section 29 of the Act | 9 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
Total | 9 | 47 | 130 | 316 | 599 | 1,101 |
**Actual number of persons employed within these categories.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA Table 27
Inspections and Visits by Public Health Inspectors
Dwellings—inspected | 2,945 |
Dwellings—re-inspected | 7,789 |
Visits re accumulations | 2,308 |
Visits re Vermin | 314 |
Visits re improper keeping of animals | 103 |
Other nuisances including rats | 1,072 |
Other Visits | 1,480 |
House-to-house—inspections | 39 |
House-to-house—re-inspections | 528 |
Individual houses—inspected | 70 |
Individual houses—re-inspected | 154 |
Houses in multiple occ.—inspected | 346 |
Houses in multiple occ.-—re-inspected | 1,746 |
Basement rooms inspected | 27 |
Overcrowding visits | 222 |
Imp. and standard grant inspections | 240 |
Houses inspected—special surveys | 74 |
Other Visits | 960 |