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3.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Meat and Other Foods.
The Sanitary Inspectors have again carried out numerous duties
in connection with the inspection of meat and other foods at the
Regional Slaughterhouse, the Meat Depot, Butchers' Shops, Stalls,
etc. Altogether, 542 visits were paid. At the Slaughterhouse alone
21,326 carcases were inspected.
4.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
(i) Notifiable Diseases.
(a) There was no increased prevalence of these diseases during
the year, although, during the month of December, there was a
slight rise in the number of cases of Scarlet Fever. This disease,
however, maintained the mild features which have been characteristic
of it now for many years.
(b) Diphtheria Immunisation.
Considerable propaganda was given throughout the year to the
advantages to be obtained from Immunisation against Diphtheria,
and the material used for this purpose, viz., Alum Precipitated
Toxoid, was provided free of charge by the Emergency Laboratory
Service. A course consists of 2 injections—a primary dose of 0.1 c.c.
being followed in 4 weeks by a second dose of 0.3 c.c. Sessions have
been arranged following each Child Welfare Clinic, and also at all
the schools.
The following statistics apply, since the inauguration of this
scheme in Romford in 1935, till the end of 1941:—