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MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
Frequent visits were paid to butchers', fishmongers',
grocers' and bakers' shops, and other food premisos.
A largo quantity of food was examined of which the
following was condemned as unfit for human consumption:-
Beef 437½ lbs.
Mutton 2 lbs.
Offal 12¾ lbs.
Bacon 7¾ lds .
Butter, Margarino or Lard 5 lbs.
Fish 1190 lbs.
Corned Beef 106 Tins.
Tinned Milk 157 Tins.
Tinned Vegetables 91 Tins.
Tinned Meat 73 Tins.
Tinned Fish 220 Tins.
Tinned Fruit 11 Tins.
Tinned Mincemeat 3 Tins.
Tinned Soup 5 Tins.
Jam 16 Jars.
Fruit 3 Jars.
Herrings 14 Jars.
Tangerines 17 lbs.
Tomatoes 2 Boxes.
INFECTIOUS PISEAS5,
Notifications.
301 cases of infectious disease were notified
during'the year, details of which are set out in Table 1.
This figure showed a decrease compared with 1946, when 343
notifications were received, and was accounted for by a
reduction in the number of cases of Measles - 125 compared
with 194 during 1946.
The incidence of Diphtheria again remained
exceptionally low - 3 cases, compared with 4 during 1946.
There was a substantial increase in the number
of Tuberculosis cases - 37, compared with 23 during 1946.
In addition 5 persons have taken up residence in the district,
who had previously been notified as suffering from the disease.
IMMUNISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA.
319 children were immunised during 1947. It is
estimated that 45% of the children under 15 years of ago have
now been immunised against Diphtheria. These figures do not
include 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, and 25 cases
received treatment. In addition 9 cases were treated at home,
after receiving advice and the necessary medicament from the
Department.
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