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Legal Proceedings were taken out in 39 instances. The
quantity of foodstuffs destroyed during the year amounted
to 1295 "tons'under the Public Health ( Imported Food)
Regulations, and 76 tons under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1936 (see also Analyst's Report). 1294 samples of
food and drugs and 98 other samples were taken and submitted'
for analysis. Assistance was also rendered by
these Inspectors to the. Food Control Committee on Food
Salvage',' new registrations etc.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.{.Other than Tuberculosis)
1027 notifications were received during the year, particulars
of which are given as follows:- Scarlet Fever 66,
Diphtheria 120, Enteric Fever 2, Measles 382, Puerperal
Fever 5, Puerperal Pyrexia 4, Erysipelas 66, Cerebrospinal
Fever 52, Ophthalmia Neonatorum 2, Food Poisoning 3,
Dysentery 3, Pneumonia, 108 -and- Whooping Cough 214.
No notifications were received with respect to Anthrax,
Encephalitis Lethargic a Poliomelitis, Polio-encephalitic,
Membranous Croup, Malaria- and Smallpox.-
NOTIFICATIONS OF TUBERCULOSIS. Pulmonary 190, Non-Pulmonary
27, Total 217.
BUG- ERADICATION:- 1103 'Inspections and re-inspections of
premises were' carried out by the Inspectors on bug eradication.
355 premises and 729 rooms were sprayed during
the year.
During the year the Housing Committee decided not to
disinfest as a preventative against bug infestation the
effects of any families prior to their removal to the
Council's dwellings.'
30 lots of furniture were'treated at the Cyanide
disinfestation chamber for the'rehousing of bombed-out
families before the tenants were removed to other premises.
There were 45. lots of bunks treated in the Cyanide
chamber for the Shelter Department of Civil Defence.
118 loads of straw were fumigated as a precaution
against foot and mouth disease - as required by the Ministry
of Agriculture.
CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION;f-
1081 rooms were fumigated because of infectious disease
and 88 because of pulmonary tuberculosis.
84482 articles of clothing and bedding were disinfected.
SMALLPOX &.VACCINATION:-
No cases of smallpox were notified. There were 1962
births registered during 1940, of these 417 were successfully
vaccinated, 692 Statutory declarations were received.
In addition, 631 children who were registered outside the
Borough were successfully vaccinated. The total number of
persons vaccinated was 104"
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