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Food examined upon other premises and surrendered as unfit for human
sumption included the following:—
134 tins, etc., mixed meat products.
8½ lbs. bacon.
1 cwt. 29½ lbs. rabbits, poultry, etc.
229 tins, etc., mixed fish products.
28 st. 13 lbs. wet fish.
288 tins mixed milk products.
12 lbs. cheese.
4 tons 16 cwts. vegetables.
96 tins mixed vegetable products.
7 tins, etc., mixed fruit products.
21 tins and jars mixed jams.
8 tins soup.
1 lb. tea.
1121/4 lbs. dried fruit.
3 cwts. 13 lbs. miscellaneous groceries.
As a result of war damage, the following foodstuffs were condemned
and disposed of as unfit for human consumption: —
10 packets, 98 lbs., loose cereals, etc.
38½ lbs. dried fruit.
10 lbs. fats.
81/4 lbs. bacon.
1 cwt. 48 lbs. sweets.
69 tins and jars, preserves, meat, milk, etc.
11 packets miscellaneous groceries.
Registration of food premises.—No additional certificates were granted
under Section 34 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, for the purpose of
on the business of a wholesale dealer in margarine.
Bakehouses.—There are fourteen bakehouses in the district, two of
these are underground bakehouses. 32 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.—Sixty-two cases were notified. No deaths
occurred
(b) Diphtheria.—Eight cases. Of these cases, one was an adult.
Of the other seven, five were recorded as having been immunised. No deaths
occurred.
Diphtheria Immunisation.—The numbers of completed inoculations
made during the year were:— Children under S years, 604; children
over years but under 15 years, 298.