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Meat Depot.
Carcases of six sheep of total weight 213 lbs. were condemned, three
on account of black mould, and three owing to putrefaction; 86 lbs. of
beef were condemned because of bone taint; 615 lbs. due to putrefaction,
31 lbs. owing to black mould, 40 lbs. for bruising; 209 lbs. of mutton
because of black mould, 24 lbs. due to putrefaction and 10 lbs. owing to
abscess; 554 lbs. of pork due to putrefaction, and 31 lbs. for other reasons;
16 lbs. of veal for putrefaction and 8 lbs. for bruising.
About 676 lbs. of offal were condemned on account of putrefaction,
122 lbs. for parasitic disease, 172 lbs. for mould, 13 lbs. for tuberculosis
and 6 lbs. for bruising.
(C) OTHER FOODS.
Food Shops.
Food shops were visited regularly as a routine apart from special
visits following complaint. Large quantities of foodstuffs were condemned
and voluntarily surrendered. There was a decrease in the
number of tinned foods condemned, the 3,494 tins being: fish 1,063,
milk 856, vegetables 803, meat 548, soup 117 and fruit 107. Other
condemned foodstuffs included 212 stone fish, 340 cwts. 17 lbs. fruit and
vegetables, 498 lbs. flour, 263 lbs. and 264 packets of cereals, 122 lbs. tea,
47 lbs. sugar, 100 lbs. cheese, 2,442 lbs. meat, 256 lbs. bacon, 3,085 lbs.
sausage, 461 lbs. chickens, 180 lbs. rabbits, 7 lbs. pepper, 2 lbs. lard,
143 lbs. sweets, 120 beef cubes, 19 packets dried eggs and 1,920 eggs;
in addition, 703 jars of jam, pickles, meat paste and coffee.
ISOLATION HOSPITALS.
ADEQUACY OF ACCOMMODATION.
1944 was a year of low incidence of scarlet fever and of diphtheria.
The demand on accommodation was so light that the Honeypot Lane
Hospital was closed on the 12th March, remaining so for the rest of the
year. The greatest number of scarlet fever patients under treatment in
the hospital on any one day was 26 and of diphtheria 9. In all 70 patients
were removed to outside hospitals, including 8 cases of puerperal infection.
PROVISION OF NEW HOSPITAL.
Further consideration was given to the question of the provision of
new hospital accommodation in view of the proposals in the White Paper
on the Health Services, and of the views now held as to a 200-bed
hospital being the minimum-sized administrative unit.
Scarlet Fever. CLINICAL ASPECTS.
Admissions:
Number admitted with a diagnosis of scarlet fever 219
Number suffering from scarlet fever 177
Number in whom the diagnosis was not confirmed 42
Of these cases in which the diagnosis was not confirmed, 22 suffered
from tonsillitis, 11 from erythema, 4 from rubella and 2 from pharyngitis.