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NOTICES AND PROSECUTIONS.
47. 3,398 written intimation notices, and 592 statutory
notices were served. 51 of the latter, not having been complied
with in the time specified, were referred to the Town
Clerk, who, before taking proceedings, wrote a warning letter
in each case. Finally 5 defaulters were summoned at the
Police Court. The results are given in Table XVII.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION.
48. 1,393 bacteriological examinations were made for the
Public Health Department by the Lister Institute, viz.:—
1,231 for diphtheria, 151 for phthisis, and 11 for enteric
fever. The total cost was £205 19s. 8d., compared with
£142 9s. Od. in 1911.
INFANT CONSULTATION.
49. Since the closure of the Milk Depot, a Consultation
for mothers and infants has been held every Wednesday
afternoon in a room at the Town Hall. Mothers bring their
infants for advice and weighing between 2.30 and 4.0 p.m.
Miss FitzGerald and the Medical Officer of Health are in
attendance during that time. The Consultation was much
better attended last year than ever before, 863 infants being
seen, compared with 460 who attended in 1911. Further
particulars are given in Miss FitzGerald's Report.
WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS' WORK.
50. There are two Women Sanitary Inspectors, one of
whom, Miss FitzGerald, is specially a Health Visitor.
Miss Middlebrooke originally inspected houses registered
under the by-laws, workshops where women are employed,