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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
Edmonton 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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UNSOUND FOOD
The following is a list of the food surrendered for examination and retained as unfit for human consumption
| 867 | tins Milk | 23 | stone filleted cod |
| 179 | tins beans | 4½ | stone haddock |
| 158 | tins peas | 3 | stone smoked fillets |
| 547 | tins canned moat | 5 | stone dog fish |
| 412 | tins canned fish | 3 | stone cat fish |
| 745 | tins fruit | 5 | stone iceland plaice |
| 54 | pots jam | 5½ | boxes kippers |
| 669 | bottles red cabbage | 36¼ | lbs butter |
| 142 | bottles pickled onions | 121 | lbs boneless beef |
| 23 | tins tomatoes | 108 | lbs pork |
| 48 | rolls celery | 45 | lbs beef |
| 170 | rabbits | 10 | lbs mutton |
| 1 | chicken | 6 | lbs veal |
| 8 | stone headless cod | 14 | lbs bacon |
| stone haddock | 215 | lbs granulated sugar |
together with various small consignments of miscellaneous foods. The
above items do not include the food dealt with at shops subjected to
damage on account of Enemy action".
SHOPS ACTS
The Shops Acts Inspector submits a monthly report to the Public
Health Committee, and the following is a short summary:-
Visits to shops, licensed street traders,etc. 3491
Contraventions
CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS OF FOOD
The only examinations carried out by the Council are those
for designated milks. The matter has been discussed previously,
PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH
Those diseases were made compulsorily notifiable in October 1939,
996 cases of Measles and 79 cases of Whooping Cough were notified during
the year. There were no deaths.
DIPHTHERIA
1 am happy to report the continued low incidence of this disease,
92 cases were notified during the year compared with 22 in 1942, There
were 2 deaths.
SCARLET FEVER
This disease continued to occur throughout the year in a mild form;
there wore 540 cases compared with 330 in 1942; there were no deaths,
"Return" cases numbered 8 allowing for an interval of 28 days between
a patient returning home from the Isolation Hospital and the onset of the
disease in another inmate of the house.
SMALLPOX
No cases of smallpox were notified during the year,
POLIOMYELITIS
2 cases of this disease were notified during the year.