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 Bexley]
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TABLE No. 4.
1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | |
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Infectious Diseases. Cases removed to Isolation Hospitals | 252 | 99 | 108 | 210 | 204 | 98 | 113 |
Houses visited including revisits | 374 | 204 | 146 | 425 | 771 | 531 | 499 |
Rooms disinfected | 379 | 144 | 76 | 44 | 58 | 53 | 83 |
Notices delivered to Education Authorities, etc. | 967 | 243 | 102 | 259 | 367 | 550 | 512 |
Houses at which defective sanitary conditions were found | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 | — | — | — |
TABLE No. 5.
Food Inspection.
The following is a summary of animals slaughtered at the slaughter-houses in the area during the years 1939 and 1940.
1939 | 1940 | |
---|---|---|
Cattle | 103 | 9 |
Sheep and Lambs | 718 | 4 |
Pigs | 3223 | 785 |
Calves | 250 | 14 |
Total | 4293 | 812 |
Details of meat condemned in connection with the above.
1939 Weight in lbs. | 1940 Weight in lbs. | |
---|---|---|
Tuberculosis— Cattle | 428 | |
Pigs | 1354 | 435 |
Calves | 74 | 35 |
Total | 1856 | 470 |