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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
" But I am afraid there is an analogy here which is quite
unsound, as the passenger does not warrant the safety of the
luggage, and if that is the ground of the decision, although I
shall follow it, I do not agree with it."
Milk and Cream Regulations.
41 samples of cream and 33 of preserved cream were submitted
for analysis. Three informal samples of preserved cream
were reported against. Further samples taken were found to be
genuine.
Butter and Margarine.
BUTTER.
632 samples of butter were submitted for analysis during the
year, of which 20, or 3.1 per cent., were reported against.
MARGARINE.
Nine samples of margarine were submitted for analysis, two
of which were reported against.
OTHER ARTICLES.
A full list of the articles of food and drugs examined under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, together with the analytical
results, is contained in the Report of the Public Analyst.
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
Table XXXV. shows the cases of infectious diseases notified
during the year.
The total number of cases, less tuberculosis, was 4,820, 913
from Clapham, 304 from Putney, 1,359 from Streatham, 767
from Tooting, and 1,479 from Wandsworth—compared with
1,984 in 1919.
The number appears high, but it includes 1,343 cases of
whooping cough.
Measles and German measles ceased to be notifiable diseases
on 31st December, 1919, and any information as to the incidence
of these diseases was obtained chiefly on Form 84 from the
London County Council elementary schools.