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Inspection and Supervision of Food.
(a) Milk Supply:— Practically all the milk for retail sale
is brought into the area from other districts. A few cows
are kept by private individuals for milk, but such milk is not
retailed. There were 2 cowkeepers, 20 dairymen, 30 dairymen
and purveyors, and 13 purveyors on the Registers on 31st,
December, 1928. The general arrangements for the supply
and distribution of the milk were adequate.
(1) No action was necessary as to tuberculous milk or
cattle.
(2) Licences granted under the Milk (Special Designations)
Order, 1923:—
Dealers in Certified Milk 8
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(3) One licence was refused. See Sanitary Inspector's
Report (p. 23).
(4) Bacteriological examinations:—All samples satisfactory.
(b) Meat:— See Sanitary Inspector's Report (p. 27).

(c) Other Foods:— See Sanitary Inspector's Report
(p. 25).
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
The incidence of infectious diseases in the area was
slightly higher than in 1927. 126 cases of Scarlet Fever and
170 cases of Diphtheria were notified, of which 102 and 157
respectively were removed to the Isolation Hospital (v. Report
on Isolation Hospital). Outbreaks of influenza, whooping
cough and chicken pox occurred during the year but never
reached serious proportions.
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