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The number of baths given for other verminous conditions was
1,126 (128 adults; 998 children).
Head Lice.—It has been the practice for many years to refer
to the Personal Cleansing Station all cases of head lice discovered
by the staff during home visiting, at the Welfare Centres, or at
War -Time Nurseries.
a 955 children referred by the school medical service were
treated for head lice.
Legal proceedings to enforce various requirements or for the
recovery of penalties incurred by the breach of statutory requirement
were taken in 26 instances; fines were inflicted amounting to
£34 Ios. and costs to £10 17s. 6d.
Factories and Homework.—The number of factories in which
mechani ca l means are used increased by 6 to 253, and of nonmachanical
factories decreased by 5 to 108. Inspections of these
Pr e mi ses num bered 1,738. The number of homeworkers decreased
by 2 3 to 49.
bakehouses numbered 40 at the end of the year, 10 of which
are underground bakehouses. One of the 40 premises does not
rank as a factory since only-the proprietor works on the premises.
99 inspections of bakehouses were made during 1945.
Rate an d Mice Destruction.—ln addition to the usual work
carried out under the Rats and Mice Destruction Act maintenance
treatment for rats in sewers was carried out on two occasions during
the year. This treatment involved the baiting of 1,571 manholes
e ach occasion. The results obtained were very satisfactory.
Protection of the Food Supply.— 1,200 samples (of which 599
were informally taken) were analysed by the Public Analyst. Of
these 5 (3 informal) were certified to be adulterated, which gives
a Percentage of adulteration of 0.42.
469 of the samples, were of milk, the percentage of adulteration
among w hich was 0.44. There were 62 dairies (milk shops) registered
at the end of the year. 25 licences to sell tuberculin tested
an d 34 for pasteurised milk were valid during 1945. 126 premises