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SANITARY CIRCUMSTAN CSS AND ADMINISTRATION.
11,403 visits (including re-visits) wore carried cut by
tho Sanitary Inspectorso
278 Intimation Nodtices, 67 Nuisances Notices under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 and 28 Notices under the Food
and Drugs Act, 1938 (Section 13) wore served during the year.
Legal proceedings under the Public Health (London.) Act,193
in respect of sanitary conditions were undertaken in 4 instances.
CTICH. .OR DISHTF^STATIQM. Tho routine disinfection of rooms
afc tho occurrence of infectious disease v;as continued, and also
d.L: 'Infestation for vermin. At the Council's Disinfecting Station,
28395 articles v/ere disinfected or disinfostcd.
191 Adults and 127 children wore treated at tho Cleansing
Station.- The ' total number of treatments was 643 • Disinfection
of'the patients"' personal clothing v/as carried out whilst the
patients were being treated. ' Tho Woman Sanitary Inspector inspcctci
the homes, and arranged for examination of contacts.
VEHMTOUS PERSONS. 68 Adults and 288 children (including children
attending elementary schools) were cleansed at tho Disinfecting
Station.
IITFZS TAT IOLTBY HEAD LICE, Special attention and advice is given
by the Health Visitors at the Welfare Centre and when visiting
homes. Suitable combs are made available whonever necessary
DESTRUCTION OF RATS AND MICE!. Early in 1944, a second campaign
for the extermination of rats in sowers v/as carried out with good
results. Since April, 1944 a full time Rodent Officer has been
employed by tho Council. The following is a summary of work up
to the end of the years- Poisoning campaigns were carried out
in 31 .business premises and in 98 private dwellings for rats and
in 4 business premises and in 34 private dwellings for mice.
Advice was given to owners or occupiers undertaking their own
campaigns in 107 instances. Preliminary inspections totalled
4 69 Laying Pro-baits 809. Laying poison baits 168. Visits as
to clearing all unconsumod bait l62. Laying post-baits 156. Smoke
teating of drains 25.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
The Inspectors carried out routine inspections of premises
where food. is"prepared, stored or sold. Unsound food was surrendered
and either destroyed or disposed of- for purposes other than human
consumption.
F.Q.C' ND. DRUGS. ACT. 400 samples were submitted to the Public
Anajfor-analysis during the year. Of these, 200 v/ere taken as
fo.! '•alt1' and 200 as "informal". Eighteen samples were returned'as
adult crated. In each 01 these cases a warning letter was sent to
the Vendor concerned. All other samples v/ere returned as genuine.
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
The total (corrected) number of notifications
received during the year (506) was made up as follows :-
Diphtheria. 12 Malaria 1
Erysipelas 14 Acute Primary Pneumonia 17
Scarlet Fever 35 Acutc Influenzal " 5
Puerperal pyrexia 4 Measles 70
Cerebro-spinal fever 4 Whooping Cough 51
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 4 Scabies 165
Dysentery 56 Food Poisoning 3
Poliomyelitis 1 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 59
Non-Pulmonary " 5
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