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P.5.
Rat Control Scheme.
The Medical Officer of Health and all the Sanitary Inspectors
attended the 2 day course of instruction in rat control at the
Ministry of Food's Infestation Department. In response to a
request from the Ministry of Food, an extensive scheme for the
wholesale extermination of rats was conducted and large numbers
of rats have been destroyed both in the Council's sewer's and
special infested areas which were dealt with separately, in cooperation
with the Borough Engineer.
HOUSING.
Number of houses inspected for housing defects 9839
" " inspections made for such purposes 11680
" " houses not reasonably fit 3111
" houses rendered fit informally 2372
" " houses in respect of which notices were served 739
" " houses in which defeats were remedied after
service of formal notice 739
OVERCROWDING.
Houses in which the rooms were measured and the permitted
number ascertained 130
Number of visits to the above 169
" " houses in which the information has been
supplied to owners and occupiers 138
AGED AND INFIRM PERSONS.
Three infirm persons were removed to institutions during the
year under Section 224 of the Public Health (London) Act 1936.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Total number of inspections and re-inspections made by the four
Inspectors engaged in the supervision and inspection of food amount
to 7698.
Legal Proceedings were taken out in 30 instances. The quantity
of foodstuffs destroyed during the year amounted to 75 tons under
the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, find 90 tons under the
Public Health (London) Act 1936 (see also Analyst's report). 1437
samples of food and drugs and 52 other samples were 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)
1547 notifications were received during the year, particulars
of which are given as follows:- Scarlet Fever 194, Diphtheria 45,
Enteric Fever 1, Measles 918, Puerperal Fever 0, Puerperal Pyrexia
5, Erysipelas 49, Cerebro-Spinal Fever 13, Ophthalmia Neonatorum 3,
Food Poisoning 5, Dysentery 40, Pneumonia 124, Whooping Cough 142
" Malaria 1. Anthrax 1, Encephalitis Lethargica 1, Poliomyelitis
5, Polio Encephalitis 1, Smallpox 0.
DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Total 121 (last year 100), including 4 from Cerebro-spinal
Fever, 5 from Measles, 0 from Scarlet Fever, 2 from Whooping Cough,
15 from Influenza, 92 from Pneumonia 2 from Diphtheria (see page8 )
ANTHRAX.
1 case of Anthrax oocurred. on the hand of a Council Dustman
who had been collecting waste furs from factor.ies in the Borough.
Fortunately he was at once sent to Hospital by the foreman who
recognised the disease from coloured posters and sorum was early
administered and a cure effected. Since then I have had illustrated
warning posters exhibited in all the Council's Depots.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
The attendances at the Immunisation Clinic have incresead
since last year, probably because in last year's drive most of
the willing cases were immunised. . Arrangements have been made to