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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: TABLE VII COMPARATIVE STATISTICS 1950

TABLE VII COMPARATIVE STATISTICS 1950

England and Wales Rates per 1,000Heston and Isle worth Civilian Population.
Births—
Live Births15.811.6
Still Births0.370.21
Deaths—
All causes11.69.9
Typhoid and Paratyphoid0.000.00
Whooping Cough0.010.00
Diphtheria0.000.00
Tuberculosis0.360.34
Influenza0.100.06
Smallpox0.000.00
Poliomyelitis0.020.00
Pneumonia0.460.28
Notifications—
Typhoid fever0.000.03
Paratyphoid fever0.010.06
Meningococcal infection0.030.00
Scarlet Fever1.500.86
Whooping cough3.601.90
Diphtheria0.020.00
Erysipelas0.170.11
Smallpox0.000.00
Measles8.398.21
Pneumonia0.700.60
Poliomyelitis0.180.09
Food Poisoning0.170.05

Table: TABLE VIII FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 and 1948PART IOF THE ACT1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).

TABLE VIII FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 and 1948

PART IOF THE ACT

1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).

PremisesNumber on RegisterInspectionsNumber of Written NoticesOccupiers prosecuted
(i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities45295-
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority3394889-
(iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' premises)45-—
TOTAL ..38852214—
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Table: 2.—Cases in which Defects were found—

2.—Cases in which Defects were found—

ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
FoundRemediedReferred To H.M. By H.M. Inspector Inspector
Want of Cleanliness (S.l)-----
Overcrowding (S.2)11---
Unreasonable temperature (S.3)-----
Inadequate ventilation (S.4)11---
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6)-----
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7)—
(a) insufficient68---
(b) unsuitable or defective56-4-
(c) not separate for sexes-1---
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork)223--
TOTAL151934-
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