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The number of these places on the Register at the end of 1919 was 396; 1,939
inspections were made, and 52 notices were served during the year for sanitary
defects found.
In addition to the above inspections of places where food is prepared for sale,
there were also 815 inspections of market streets, each of which includes a number
of stalls at which meat, fish, fruit and vegetables are sold. These streets are also
regularly inspected on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings.
Ice Cream.
During the year there were 31 premises in the Borough where ice cream was
manufactured or sold, and in addition to my inspections 50 inspections of these
premises were made.
As ice cream is often made in the early morning, inspections between 6 and 9
a.m. were also occasionally made in order to ascertain whether there were any
infringements of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. See page 10.
Prevalence of and Control over Infectious Diseases.
Infectious Diseases Generally.
See page 7 and Appendix Tables IV, V, VI and VII.
Diphtheria Anti-toxin is supplied free of charge on application by Medical
Practitioners. In the year 1919 this was supplied in 16 cases.
There was only one "return" case of scarlet fever which was notified two days
after the return of the previous case from hospital.
Disinfections.
During the year 287 rooms, and 5,420 articles of bedding, clothing etc., were
disinfected after various cases of infectious disease.
Nursing Arrangements.
Nursing arrangements have been made with the Metropolitan Nursing Association,
No. 23 Bloomsbury Square for the nursing, when required, of necessitous
cases of measles, whooping cough, ophthalmia neonatorum, diarrhoea and pneumonia.
Fortunately there was no epidemic of measles, german measles or whooping
cough, so that the cases requiring nursing were comparatively few, and only 336
visits were made by the nurses of the Association, viz.:—
Measles 19 Cases 306 Visits
German Measles 1 Case 4 ,,
Whooping Cough 1 „ 6 „
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum 1 „ 9 „
Pneumonia 1 „ 11 „
Total 23 Cases 336 Visits