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carrying on the business of a wholesale dealer in margarine.
Bakehouses.—There are fourteen bakehouses in the district; two of
these are underground bakehouses. Twenty-seven inspections were made
and the provisions of the Bakehouse Regulations were observed
satisfactorily.
Section F. Prevalence of, and Control over. Infectious and other
Diseases.
1. (a) Scarlet Fever.- Seventy-nine cases were notified. No deaths
occurred.
(b) Diphtheria.- Three cases were notified. No deaths occurred.
Diphtheria Immunisation.—The numbers of completed inoculations
made during the year were:—Children under 5 years, 741; children
over 5 years but under 15 years, 699.
(c) Puerperal Pyrexia.—Twelve cases were notified, nine of these
occurred in the district and were removed to the Waltham Joint Hospital,
and the other three were notified from hospitals in the Metropolitan area.
No deaths occurred.
(d) Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.- One case of paratyphoid
was notified as occurring.
(e) Dysentry.—Seven cases were notified. There were no deaths.
(f) Cerebro-Spinal Fever.—Eight cases were notified as occuring
in the district. Two were removed to the Waltham Joint Hospital and five
to hospitals outside the district.
(g) Encephalitis Lethargica.—One case was notified, and died in a
hospital outside the district.
Particulars of the incidence of notifiable diseases during 1942 are
contained in an accompanying table.
2. (a) Disinfection and Disinfestation.—The disinfection of bedding
and similar articles is done by the saturated steam process in a cylindrical
horizontal steel " Thresh "disinfector; infected premises are sprayed with
formalin and fumigated by burning formalin tablets.
Number of rooms disinfected 170
Number of verminous rooms disinfected 22
Loads of bedding disinfected 196
Loads of bedding disinfected for Chigwell U.D.C. 4
Number of School classrooms disinfected 10
(c) Tuberculosis.—Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1925, and the Public Health Act, 1936, section 172. No