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Visits to butchers 285
„ fishmongers and poulterers 44
„ „ grocers 47
„ greengrocers and fruiterers 12
„ „ cowsheds 172
„ dairies and milkshops 71
„ „ ice-cream premises 125
„ restaurants 32
„ „ market stalls 5
Miscellaneous food visits 142
979
5,932
House refuse is collected under the supervision of Mr.
G. Holbourn, A.M.Inst.C.E., Engineer and Surveyor.
(Signed) W. H. DIGWEED, A.R.San.I., M.S.I.A.,
Senior Sanitary Inspector.
SECTION F.
Prevalence of, and Control Over, Infectious
and Other DiseasesDiphtheria
Immunisation.
On 1st January, 1946, the County Council became the
authority responsible for immunisation, but the arrangements
as to clinics remained unchanged. There was a slight decrease
in the number of children treated compared with the
previous year. It is estimated that 61 per cent. of the
children under 5 have now been immunised.
Number of children immunised during the last 5 years :—
1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
762 408 401 445 371*
*Note.—266 treated at clinics
105 by private practitioners.
Number of children given third or re-inforcing injection,
199.
Four cases of diphtheria were notified during the year;
in one, the diagnosis was not confirmed. The remaining
three were members of one family—a child not previously
immunised and two adults.
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