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Tuberculosis
The numbers of new cases notified during the year 1949, and
deaths, together with comparative figures for the previous year, were
as follows :—
Table 39
New cases notified †
Deaths
1948
1949
1948
1949
Pulmonary
448
333
109
92
Non-pulmonary
54
38
10
15
Totals
502
371
119
107
† excluding inward transfers from other areas
The age distribution of the new cases of tuberculosis notified and
the deaths from tuberculosis during the year are shewn in the following
table :—
Single cases due to identified agents
Organism or agent
Food
Salmonella
Salmonella
Unknown
Salmonella
Unknown
Salmonella
? fish; ? duck egg
Salmonella
? duck egg
Salmonella
? duck egg
Salmonella
Icecream or meat
Salmonella
Mussels
Single cases of undiscovered cause
? Grapes ? School meal ? Pig's liver
? Mussels ? fish ? chicken ? icecream ? Rissoles
? Drinking water ? Rabbit Unknown
Registration of food premises
The following premises were registered for the purposes stated in
accordance with the requirements of section 14(1) of the Food and
Drugs Act, 1938:—
Sale or storage of icecream 28
Sale, manufacture and storage of icecream 1
Manufacture of sausages, preparation or manufacture
of potted, pickled or preserved meat 1
Fish frying 2
Preserved fish 1
Shops Act, 1934 — section 10
Subsection (2) of section 10 of the Shops Act, 1934 requires that in
every shop, not being a shop exempted from the provisions of this subsection,
there shall be provided and maintained suitable and sufficient
sanitary conveniences available for the use of persons employed in or
about the shop.
Under subsection (6) a shop shall be exempted from the provisions
of subsection (2) if there is in force a certificate of exemption granted
by the authority whose duty it is to enforce these provisions. A certificate
is granted if the authority is satisfied that by reason of restricted
accommodation or other special circumstances it is not practicable to
provide the required sanitary conveniences in the shop and that suitable
and sufficient sanitary conveniences are otherwise conveniently available.
Certificates of exemption in respect of sanitary conveniences were
issued in connection with five shops during the year.
Offensive trades
There are no offensive trades carried on in the borough.
Slaughterhouses
There are two private slaughterhouses in the borough, but very
little killing is done. The premises are visited periodically by the
food inspectors. Two applications as required by section 144 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1936, for the renewal of licences to use
premises as slaughterhouses were received. In both instances the
licences were renewed.