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Twenty-five visits of enquiry into food poisoning cases were paid by one of the women sanitary
inspectors.
Tuberculosis—New Cases and Mortality.—Table 6 contains information with regard to age and sex
distribution of, and mortality from, all forms of tuberculosis.

‡Including all primary notifications and also any other new cases of tuberculosis which
came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year.
Notifications—Table 5 (p. 20) gives information regarding notifications of pulmonary and nonpulmonary
tuberculosis received during the year. Eighty-five visits from the housing and sanitary
viewpoints were paid by one of the women sanitary inspectors to new cases and those moving into
the Borough from other areas. The total number of cases of tuberculosis remaining on the register at
the 31st December, 1949, was 874. This was 100 more than at the end of the previous year.
Venereal Diseases.—Continued assistance was given to the propaganda campaign for drawing public
attention to the dangers of these conditions, and to the adequate facilities which exist for those in need
of treatment.
Scabies.—The Council's Cleansing Station in Lisson Grove dealt with 252 cases of scabies : adults 42
(men 19, women 23) ; children 210 (boys 110, girls 100). Domiciliary visits paid in connection with
St. Marylebone cases numbered 33.
Impetigo.—Twelve boys and 43 girls received treatment for this condition at the Cleansing Station.
Disinfection.—During the year, 1,628 rooms and 13,294 articles (including 625 books) were
disinfected after infectious diseases generally. In addition, 3,641 dressing drums from a local hospital
were sterilised.
Bacteriological Examinations.—Table 7 shows the number of specimens examined for the purposes
of diagnosis and indicates also the organisms in relation to which the examinations were made.