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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bexley 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: TABLE No. 4.

TABLE No. 4.

1939194019411942194319441945
Infectious Diseases. Cases removed to Isolation Hospitals2529910821020498113
Houses visited including revisits374204146425771531499
Rooms disinfected3791447644585383
Notices delivered to Education Authorities, etc.967243102259367550512
Houses at which defective sanitary conditions were found6147———

Table: TABLE No. 5.Food Inspection.The following is a summary of animals slaughtered at the slaughter-houses in the area during the years 1939 and 1940.

TABLE No. 5.

Food Inspection.

The following is a summary of animals slaughtered at the slaughter-houses in the area during the years 1939 and 1940.

19391940
Cattle1039
Sheep and Lambs7184
Pigs3223785
Calves25014
Total4293812

Table: Details of meat condemned in connection with the above.

Details of meat condemned in connection with the above.

1939 Weight in lbs.1940 Weight in lbs.
Tuberculosis— Cattle428
Pigs1354435
Calves7435
Total1856470