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consumption included the following:—
123 tins etc. mixed Meat Products;
58 lbs. Bacon;
10 Rabbits;
78 tins etc. mixed Fish Products;
10 stone Coley Fillets;
1 box Herrings;
233 tins mixed Milk Products;
9½ lbs. Cheese;
82 tins etc. mixed Vegetable Products;
3 cwt. mixed Vegetables;
94 tins etc. mixed Fruit Products;
83 1 -lb. jars etc. mixed Jams;
192 tins etc. Soup;
28 lbs. Sugar;
70 lbs. Biscuits;
88 pkts. etc. miscellaneous Groceries.
As a result of War Damage, chiefly by glass and plaster, an additional 387
pkts. etc. mixed Groceries were condemned as unfit for human consumption.
Returned to Ministry of Food as salvageable were 882 pkts. etc. mixed
Groceries, including 97 lbs. Bacon and 168 lbs. Cheese.
Registration of Food Premises.-—No additional certificates were granted
under Section 34 of the Food and Drug Act, 1938, for the purpose of
carrying on the business of a wholesale dealer in margarine.
Bakehouses.—There are fourteen bakehouses in the district; two of
these are underground bakehouses. Forty-three 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.—Two hundred and two cases were notified. No
deaths occurred.
(b) Diphtheria.—Nine cases were notified. No deaths occurred.
Diphtheria Immunisation.—The numbers of completed inoculations
made during the year were:—Children under 5 years, 513; children
over 5 years but under 15 years, 344.
Estimated percentage immunised at the end of 1943:—Under 5 years,
76.6%, 5 to 15 years, 89.6%.