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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
Heston and Isleworth 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OP FOOD. (Continued)
| 1945 | 1944 | |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections of bakehouses. | 112 | 104 |
| Inspections of slaughterhouses. | - | - |
| Inspections of premises where food is sold or manufactured, | ||
| - meat. | 162 | 246 |
| - fish. | 48 | 83 |
| - provisions. | 508 | 909 |
| - greengrocery and fruit. | 101 | 285 |
| - hawkers . | 49 | 120 |
| - food preparation. | 587 | 535 |
| - other foods. | 35 | 47 |
| Unsound food seized or surrendered (lbs.). | 2,313 | 2,604 |
| Unsound tinned food seized or surrendered (tins) | 7,131 | 4,387 |
PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
| 1945 | 1944 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified | Deaths. | |
| Smallpox. | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet fever. | 124 | - | 130 | - |
| Diphtheria. | 24 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| Erysipelas . | 16 | 1 | 16 | - |
| Pneumonia. | 25 | 37 | 50 | 56 |
| Cerebro-spina1 fever. | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Epidemic encephalitis. | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis . | 7 | - | 3 | - |
| Typhoid fever. | 1 | - | - | - |
| paratyphoid fever. | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery. | 28 | - | 22 | - |
| Malaria. | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Tuberculosis . | 155 | 52 | 186 | 44 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | 3 | - | 5 | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia. | 45 | - | 87 | - |
| Measles. | 1,109 | 1 | 219 | |
| Whooping cough. | 110 | - | 171 | 3 |
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