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MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
There are 5 licensed slaughterhouses in the district,
but these are not now used for slaughtering. One of the
slaughterhouses has been converted into a food canning factory.
191 visits wore paid to Butchers' Shops.
108 " " " 11 Fish Shops.
127 " " " " Fruiterers' Shops.
92 " " " " Ice Cream Shops & Factory.
56 " " " " Bakehouses.
There are 4 basement bakehouses in the District. During
1939, it was decided to give the occupiers of three of these
promises notice that the Certificates issued under the Factory
and Workshop Act, 1901, would cease to have effect in July, 1940,
but this action has been postponed for the time being.
Miscellaneous Unsound Foodstuffs dealt with.
82¾ lbs. Ham; 34cwts ,21qrs . 12½ lbs .14ozs. Bacon;
246¾ lbs. Beef; 13qrs.41bs.8ozs, tinned ham; 3 lbs.cooked meat;
250 meat pies; 12 lbs. beef sausages; 32 lbs. tinned shoulder;
2½ lbs.meat roll; 4oz.pressed ham; 3 tins ham & beef roll (3 lb.
tins); 10 tins chicken & ham roll (3 lb.tins); 14ozs. brawn;
5½lbs, galantine; 2 legs pork (16 lbs,); 4 smo.Danish sides;
4 lbs. calves sweat-breads; 37 lbs.shoulder; 1 carcase - lamb
(17½lbs.); 1 .carcase - calf (50 lbs.); 1 tin jellied veal (6 lbs);
1 mesentery; 2 pigs heads; 3 boxes kippers;. 1 tin pilchards;
1 tin salmon; 42 lbs. herrings; 8 stone rock eel; 3 gals .winkles;
5 stone haddocks fillets; 5 tins sardines; 2 tins herrings;
5 stone whiting; 4 stone box skate wing; 33 lbs. skate wing;
14 lbs. hard roe; 1 tin mice mackerel (½ lb,); 2 tins plums;
3 tins fruit salad; 8 tins peas; 2 tins pears; 2 tins peaches;
4 tins beans; 2 tins apricots; 20 baskets of cherries; 6 jellies;
205 small cakes; 1 lb. lard; 18½ lbs, margarine; 8.lbs. jam;
29 lbs. tomatoes.; 1½ lbs. butter; 12¾ lbs. mixed fruits; 7 lbs.
sago; 4 lbs. custard powder; 51 lbs. rice; 10 lbs. tapioca;
8 lbs. sultanas; 3 lbs. wafer oats; 4¼ lbs. blancmange; ¼ lb.
suet; ¼ lb. tea; 5 pkts.rusks; 3¼ lbs. soda; 7 lbs. biscuits;
72 lbs. flour; 42 bars chocolate; 1 lb. tomatoes; 12 boxes
apples and 16 cases apples; 16 bottles pickled onions; 2 jars
sandwich paste; 2 tins oranges; 412 lbs. butterbeans; 41
cabbages; 1 tin condensed milk (2 pints).
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Scarlet Fever.
The number of cases notified was 103, compared with
335 in 1939 and 186 in 1938. 52 cases were removed to Isolation
Hospital.
Diphtheria.
The number of cases notified was 28, compared with 60
in 1939 and 221 in 1938. 1 death occured from this disease.
Immunisation is carried out by two doses of alum
precipitated toxoid, 0.2 c.c., followed three weeks later by
0.5 c.c.
Total attendances 812
Schick Tests 196
Cases completed during
the year. 171
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