Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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The condition of places where food is prepared, stored or deposited
for sale is fairly satisfactory, being covered by the visits of the staff
under the Shops Acts, Factory and Workshops Acts, the Public Health
Acts, Dairy Regulations, etc.
There is no public abattoir, and the registered - or licensed
slaughter houses are kept in a satisfactory state. They are not used to
great extent, and killing takes place at irregular intervals, the
district being almost entirely supplied with meat brought in mainly
from the London markets. No carcases or parts were condemned for
tuberculosis.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Under the Infectious Diseases Notification Act, 225 cases were notified.
Removed to Isolation Hospital. | ||
---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 107 | 95 |
Scarlet Fever | 72 | 62 |
Enteric | 4 | 4 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 4 | 2 |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | — |
Erysipelas | 26 | — |
Opthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | — |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | — |
225 | 163 |
The following were notified under other regulations:—
Encephalitis Lethargica 2
Malaria 11
Trench Fever 2
Pneumonia 40
Measles and German Measles 548 (20 being German
measles).
The notifications of some of the Infections Diseases during the months
of the year is shown as follows :—