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FACTORIES ACT. 1937.
Inspections were made of the various factories,
with particular regard to those matters with which the 'local
authority is charged under this Act. As a result of these
inspections the sanitary accommodation at four premises was
found to be either insufficient or unsatisfactory. Following
representations these conditions were remedied,
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
NOTIFICATIONS - 34-3 casos of Infectious Disease were
notified during the year,, details of which are set out in
Table 1. This figure was in excess of the notifications
received during 1945, and was largely accounted for by an
increase in the number of cases of Measles - 194 compared
with 100 during 1945, and Whooping Cough - 52 compared with 15.
The incidence of Diphtheria remained low
4 cases, and there were fewer cases of Tuberculosis - 23
compared with 30 during 1945.
IMMUNISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA .
325 children were immunised during 1946.
It is estimated that 43% of the children below the age of
5 years have now been immunised against Diphtheria, and 44% of
the children between the ages of 5 and 15 years These
percentages do not. include those children privately immunised
by their own doctors.
SCABIES,
The arrangements made with the Medical
Officer of the Joint Isolation Hospital for the treatment of
cases as out-patients continued throughout the year.
57 cases received treatment.
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