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Stoke Newington 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
MILK.
68 premises of purveyors resident in the Borough and 66 other purveyors
operating in the area from premises registered elsewhere were on the register.
The Sanitary Inspectors made 62 visits to milk shops and dairy premises.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER.
1 licence to Pasteurise, 7 licences and 23 supplementary licences to
sell designated milk, were granted in 1943.
MEAT AND OTHER POODS.
1 Slaughter House was licensed during the year. No inspection was
made by Inspectors.
FOOD PREMISES.
139 registered food premises were kept under observation by the Inspectors,
who made 1,165 visits during 1943.
POOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
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113 formal and 54 informal samples of food and drugs were submitted for
analysis. 1 formal sample (Blancmange Powder) and 1 formal sample (Sulphur
Ointment) were reported as adulterated.
A Pine of £5 0s. 0d. and £1 1s. 0d. costs on two charges was imposed on
a summons in respect of the Sulphur Ointment.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND OTHER DISEASES. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR, 1943.
| DISEASE. | Total cases notified. | Cases admitted to hospital. |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 114 | 79 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 4 |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13 | 13 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal | 31 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 102 | • 14 |
| Measles | 360 | 34 |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 6 |
| Dysentery | 9 | 4 |
| Malaria | 1 | - |
| Scabies | 118 | — |
| Enteritis | 9 | 9 |
SMALLPOX AND VACCINATION.
No case of Smallpox was notified. Of the 134 births registered in Stoke
Newington during 1942, 67 or 50.0 per cent wore successfully vaccinated.
(Figures for 1943 not yet available).
TUBERCULOSIS.
There were notified 60 new cases of pulmonary and 10 new cases of nonpulmonary
tuberculosis. The death rate per 1,000 of the population was 0.76
for pulmonary tuberculosis (27 deaths) and .035 for non-pulmonary tuberculosis.
(l death).