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Notifications of infectious disease included 1,819 cases of Measles,
440 of Diphtheria, 387 of Scarlet Fever, 78 of Enteric Fever and 38 of
Smallpox.
Of the 1,257 samples of food analysed, 139 (11.1%) were found to
be adulterated, as a result of which 73 prosecutions were taken. 109
samples of milk and 15 samples of butter were found to be adulterated.
96 samples of milk were taken on Sundays, 14.6% of these being adulterated.
Legal proceedings were taken in 145 instances under the Public Health
Act, Food & Drugs Acts and other Acts and Byelaws and included nine summonses
issued for refusal to sell samples of food for analysis.
The principal building3 of the Council were illuminated on 22nd June,
1911, in celebration of tne Coronation of Their Majesties King George V
and Queen Mary at cost of £337. 1. 0.
On 9th May, 1911, Her Highness Princess Marie Louise of SchleswigHolstein,
opened the extension of the Out Patients Department and an
Open Air Shelter at the East London Hospital for Children, Shadwell (now
known as Queen Elizabeth Hospital).
10 beds were reserved in Sanatoria at Hastings and Reading for
consumptive patients of the Borough at a cost of £312 per annum.
The carcases of 3 plague infected rats were found on a wharf within
the 3orough.
Measles, Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis were made notifiable
and Underground Room Regulations were also made.
Thirty-eight prosecutions were taken against persons for depositing
rubbish on the carriageway.
The bodies of 521 cats were burnt in the Council's incinerator for
Our Dumb Friends League, the charge being 2d for cats and Id for kittens.
43,240 tons street refuse was collected during the year.
The number of Public Conveyances in London was 16,476, inclusive of
3,347 horse drawn cabs, 876 horse drawn buses and trams, 12,253 motor buses,
caba and electric trams.
15,797 loads of hay and straw were bought into Whitechapel Hay and
Straw Market.
A Dispensary for the Prevention of Consumption was opened by the
Council at Arbour Square.
Population.
The Registrar-General's mid-year estimate for 1961 is 91,710. Last
year's estimate was 93,850. The Registrar-General's Report on the 1951
Census revealed that the Borough's day-time population was 141,400 compared
with 98,858 night-time population, an increase of over 44 p2r cent.
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