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Section C. Sanitary and Environmental Circumstances—continued.
Shops Act, 1950 31
Petroleum (Regulation) Acts, 1928 and 1936 32
Verminous Conditions and Uncleanliness 32
Rodent Control 32
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951 33
Pet Animals Act, 1951 33
Riding Establishments Act, 1939 33
Game Act, 1831 33
Section D. Housing.
Housing Inspections 36
Re-housing 37
Moveable Dwellings 37
Section E. Inspection and Supervision of Foods.
Food & Drugs Act, 1938. Section 14 40
Food Premises 40
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949 41
Inspections 41
Food & Drugs Act, 1938. Food Sampling 41
Bacteriological Examinations 44
Unsound Food 44
Meat Inspection 45
Piggeries 45
Section F. Prevalence of. and Control Over Infectious and Other
Diseases.
General 48
Disinfections 48
Smallpox 48
Vaccination 48
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis 49
Scarlet Fever 49
Diphtheria 49
Diphtheria Immunisation 49
Typhoid Fever 50
Puerperal Pyrexia 50
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 50
Pemphigus Neonatorum 50
Measles 50
Whooping Cough 51
Tuberculosis 51
Mass Radiography 52
Food Poisoning 52
Other Infectious Diseases 52
APPENDIX—STATISTICAL TABLES.
Table I.—Summary of Statistics 55
II.—Causes of Death 56
III.—Infant Mortality 57
IV.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases—Sex and Age Distribution 58
V.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases—Seasonal Incidence 59
VI.—Sanitary Inspection of the Area 60
VII.—Tuberculosis Rates 62