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Sutton 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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EXAMINATION OF SAMPLES OF FOOD AND
DRUGS.
The County Medical Officer has favoured me with
details of analyses of food samples. Of milk, 21
formal and 4 informal were analysed. Three of each
were found adulterated. One prosecution. Result,
no conviction. Of cream, butter, cheese, margarine,
sugan, jam, pepper, beer, but one sample was taken.
Of tea, coffee, and mustard, two samples each. None
of these 14 samples were adulterated. Of drugs,
9 samples. Of these, none adulterated. Nine
samples were taken of other foods, and found not
adulterated.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| Number of cases notified— | Diptheria. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Total number of Deaths from these five, and also from measles and whooping cough. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly mean for 10 years 1907-1916 | 14.3 | 6.5 | 41.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 7.6 |
| The year 1917 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1 | — | 8 |
| „ 1918 | 18 | 2 | 51 | 3* | — | 6 |
| „ 1919 | 57 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
* Para-typhoid A and B.
Fifty-two cases of Diphtheria, 25 of Scarlet Fever,
and one of Enteric Fever were removed to Hospital in
1919.
There were also notified 2 cases of Poliomyelitis, 3 of
Ophthalmia Neonatorum, 15 of Measles, 9 of German
Measles, 33 of Pneumonia, 2 of Dysentery, and 5 of
Malaria (these last seven being infected outside the
United Kingdom).