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Camberwell 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations), all other articles of food
were certified as being free from added preservative.
69 samples, embracing 19 varieties of food, were examined
for prohibited colouring matter. (These articles are indicated by
a dagger against the samples in Table A.)
In only one instance, viz., tinned peas, was such colouring
matter discovered.
Summary of Legal Proceedings for the Year ended December 31st, 1927.
| Number of Summonses. | Fines. | Costs. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| Summonses under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Margarine Acts | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | |
GEORGE T. DEWEY, Inspector.
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
DISEASE.
Notifications.
The total number of cases of infectious disease, excluding
tuberculosis, notified during the year was 1,863, as compared
with 2,263 for the year 1926. A table showing the number of
notifications received for each disease, and the age distributions
will be found on pages 58 and 59.
Small-pox.
It is gratifying to report that no case of small-pox occurred
in the Borough during the year, although this disease was prevalent
in the north of England.
Vaccination.
No necessity arose for the Medical Officer of Health to carry
out any vaccination under the Public Health (Small-Pox Prevention)
Regulations, 1917.
Diphtheria.
There was a substantial decrease in the occurrence of this
disease in 1927. The number of notifications received was 768, as
compared with 1,063 for the previous year. The number of
patients removed to the Metropolitan Asylums Board's hospitals