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hydramnios 1, and placenta praevia in 1 instance ; in one instance Caesarian Section
was necessary and in 10 induction of labour ; in 1 case decapitation was required,
and in 2 there were discharging breasts after delivery. There were 9 sets of twins.
The number of cases admitted to the wards for their confinements were 199, and 187
were attended in their own homes.
The cases nursed under the arrangement with the District Nursing Association
numbered 390 altogether and included 321 amongst children under five years. The
total number of visits to patients was 4,741 and of these 3,550 were to children under
five. Measles, ophthalmia neonatorum, otorrhoea, threadworms, tonsils and adenoids,
pneumonia, bronchitis, skin eruptions and discharging eyes furnished the majority
of the cases under five years. Further particulars are given in the Nursing List
(Appendix p. 72).
STREET MARKETS AND FOOD.
The usual supervision was exercised by the Sanitary Officers as regards food
exposed for sale in the market streets and generally throughout the Borough. The
following were surrendered or seized and destroyed as unfit for the food of man :
8 cwts. pigs heads, 146 lbs. of eels, 1 box (3 qrs.) plaice, 5 boxes and 1 cwt. 2 qrs.
skate, 2 bushels of winkles, 1½ cwt. of bottled fish, 1 stalk and 1 crate of bananas,
17 ½ skips black currants, 50 lbs. grapes, 23 boats of greengages, 6 cwt. 80 lbs. of pears,
6 cwt. of strawberries, 4 cwt. 14 lbs. of cob nuts, 60 bags of cabbages, 12 bags of
cauliflowers, 10 bags of greens, 69 boxes of lettuce, 3 bags of potatoes, 1 ton 3 qrs.,
1 box and 17 bags of radishes, 2 ton 6 cwt. of savoys, and 25| tins of condensed milk.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
The two slaughterhouses in the Borough were subject to the usual inspection
and 10 visits were made in connection with them. Their general sanitary condition
may be reported as satisfactory, but little use is made of them.
Some 54 butchers' shops were under inspection during the year and some 295
visits of inspection were made. Due attention was given to the shops and stalls
coming within the scope of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
COWHOUSES.
Some 17 visits of inspection were made to the two cowhouses in the Borough.
Their sanitary condition may be reported as satisfactory. There were 26 cows kept
in the sheds towards the close of the year.
The number of dairymen and milk purveyors on the register at the end of the
year was 270, 14 having been added and eight removed therefrom. In 24 instances
there were changes in the names of the persons registered. The premises were
under regular inspection throughout the year and some 1,454 visits were made in
connection with them. In nine instances sanitary notices were served, mainly for
cleansing. One case of scarlet fever, two of diphtheria and one of tuberculosis were