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Various licences were granted, as under:-
Primary Supplementary
Pasteurised 10 8
Tuberculin tested 9 5
Accredited - 1
19 14
Two of the above retailers are licensed to bottle Tuberculin tested milk and one
firm is licensed to pasteurise and bottle milk on the premises; one firm is licensed
to bottle pasteurised milk on the premises.
Supplementary licences arc granted to retailers who live outside the Borough
but who sell milk in the Borough; the primary licence is granted by the Authority
in which they reside.
UNSOUND FOOD
The following is a list of the food surrendered for examination and retained as
unfit for human consumption:-
79 tins Peas 15 tins Beans
99 tins Canned meat 183 tins Canned fish
5 boxes Fish 3 chickens
24 Rabbits 15 cases Skinned rabbits
2,6 pots Jam 160 lbs Slab cake
400 Oranges 1 sack Onions
2,169 tins Evaporated Milk (various brands)
SHOPS ACTS
The Shops Acts Inspector submits a monthly report to the Public Health Committee,
and the following is a short summary:-
Visits to shops, licensed street traders, etc. 3,808
Contraventions 1
CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS OF FOOD
The only examinations carried out by the Council are those for designated milks;
these are sent to the Counties' Public Health Laboratories. The matter has been
discussed previously.
PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH
These diseases were made compulsorily notifiable in October, 1939. 1,556 cases
of Measles and 682 cases of Whooping cough were notified during the year.
There were 4 deaths from Whooping cough and no deaths from Measles
DIPHTHERIA
I am happy to report the continued low incidence of this disease. 18 cases
were notified during the year compared with 14 in 1940. There were no deaths.
SCARLET FEVER
This disease continued to occur throughout the year in a mild form; there were
143 cases compared with 111 in 1940; there were no deaths.
'Return' cases numbered 4, allowing for an interval of 28 days between a
patient returning home from the Isolation Hospital and the onset of the disease in
another inmate of the house
SMALLPOX
No cases of smallpox were notified during the year
POLIOMYELITIS
5 cases wore notified during the year, but there were no deaths.