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 25
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 | 24 | 32 | 6 | 69 |
(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 | - | 7 | 23 | 37 | - | 67 |
(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 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 35 | ||
(d) Handicapped persons (other than children) who are incapable of, or not available for work | - | 32 | 89 | 295 | 661 | 1,077 |
(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 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
Total | 12 | 51 | 147 | 383 | 667 | 1,260 |
**Actual number of persons employed within these categories. |
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA Table 26
Inspections and Visits by Public Health Inspectors
Dwellings—inspected | 2,718 |
Dwellings—re-inspected | 7,755 |
Visits re accumulations | 3,550 |
Visits re Vermin | 304 |
Visits re improper keeping of animals | 63 |
Other nuisances including rats | 937 |
Other Visits | 1,124 |
House-to-house—inspections | 32 |
House-to-house—re-inspections | 149 |
Individual houses—inspected | 64 |
Individual houses—re-inspected | 568 |
Houses in multiple occ.—inspected | 257 |
Houses in multiple occ.—re-inspected | 977 |
Basement rooms inspected | 89 |
Overcrowding visits | 172 |
Imp. and standard grant inspections | 416 |
Houses inspected—special surveys | 121 |
Other Visits | 3,131 |