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6.
INSPECTION and SUPERVISION of FOOD.
MILK.
89 premises of purveyors resident in the Borough and
64 other purveyors operating in the area from premises registered
elsewhere were on the register.
The Sanitary Inspectors made 78 visits to dairy premises.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER.
1 licence to Pasteurise, 7 licences and 26 Supplementary
licences were granted in 1939.
MEAT and OTHER FOODS.
2 Slaughter Houses and 3 slaughtermen were licenced
during the year. 24 inspections were made "by Inspectors.
1 Slaughterhouse was permanently closed.
FOOD PREMISES.
141 food premises were registered and kept under observation
by the Inspectors. The Inspectors visited 672 food
premises during 1939.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT 1938.
157 formal and 48 informal samples of food and drugs
were submittedfor analysis. 2 samples of milk were reported
as adulterated, all other samples as genuine.
A warning letter was sent to the Vendor of one of the
adulterated samples and legal proceedings were taken in respect
of the other, the Defendant being fined £5 with £5*5*0, costs.
INFECTIOUS DISIEASE AND OTHER DISEASES.

SMALLPOX AND VACCINATION.
No case of Smallpox was notified. Of the 256 births
registered in Stoke Newington during 1938, 104 or 40.6 were
successfully vaccinated. (Figures for 1939 not yet available).
TUBERCULOSIS.
There were notified 38 new cases of pulmonary and 13
new cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis. The death rate per
1000 of the average population were 0.55 for pulmonary tuberculosis
(28 deaths) and 0.01 for non-pulmonary tuberculosis (3
deaths).