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appendix : prevention of infectious diseases.
Table: TABLE XXII.Prevention of Infectious Diseases.
TABLE XXII.
Prevention of Infectious Diseases.
| Annual Averages. | | Totals. |
|---|
| 1914-18. | 1919. | 1920- |
| All Diseases, Enquiries by— |
| District Inspectors | 3,704 | 1,797 | 1,721 |
| Women Inspectors | 7,172 | 6,311 | 6,559 |
| Tuberculosis—Included in above— |
| Women Inspectors | 4,157 | 2,670 | 2,186 |
| Rooms Disinfected after— |
| Tuberculosis | 816 | 239 | 272 |
| Other Diseases | 3,300 | 2,494 | 3,217 |
| Weight of Bedding, etc., Disinfected (tons) | 54 | 50½ | 45½ |
| Cost of above | £1,156 | £1,588 | £1,850 |
| School Notices issued— |
| Measles, Whooping Cough, Chickenpox | 3,877 | 3,096 | 3,213 |
| Other Diseases | 796 | 559 | 1,160 |
| Patients removed to Hospital—All Diseases | 618 | 659 | 1,122 |
| Bacteriological Examination for— |
| Diphtheria | 540 | 479 | 1,419 |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 9 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 215 | 144 | 173 |
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Table: Sanitary Work.
Sanitary Work.
| Cutting-off of Water Supplies— | | | |
| Notices Received | 29 | 11 | 4 |
| Referring to Inhabited Premises | 15 | 10 | 1 |
| Empty | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| Other „ | 3 | — | — |
| Reasons for—Rates unpaid | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| Defective fittings | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Mortuary— | | | |
| Bodies—Deposited | 321 | 288 | 224 |
| For inquests | 258 | 220 | 160 |
| Pending burial, after infectious disease | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Other Diseases | 61 | 66 | 62 |
| P.M. examinations made | 125 | 119 | 98 |
| Trade Nuisances— | | | |
| Offensive Smells | 9 (7) | 5 (5) | 8 (6) |
| Accumulations of Manure | 17 (11) | 26 (21) | 13 (12) |
| Smoke—Complaints received | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Premises watched | 16 | 10 | 17 |
| Hours of observation (total) | 106 | 41¼ | 84 |
| Duration of smoke (hours), including | 67¾ | 26 | 58¾ |
| „ black smoke | 2¾ | 2¾ | 3½ |
| Canal Boats— | (Year 1918) | | |
| On Register at end of year | 204 | 211 | 224 |
| (Annual Averages 1914-18) |
| Known to be using Canal Basin | 78 | 103 | 111 |
| Inspections made | 135 | 57 | 64 |
| Infringements of Acts discovered | 15 | 20 | 23 |
| Notices served | 12 | 13 | 15 |
| Children found on boats | 122 | 61 | 86 |
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