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Southwark 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Name and Address of Vendor | Sample and Number. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter James Wilcox, 190, Old Kent Road. | Butter 1,129 | 30 per cent foreign fat and boracic compounds. | Fined £25 and £5 5s. 0d. costs. |
| Rosa Zeigermacher, 143, East Street. | Milk 9 | 8 per cent deficient in milk fat | Ordered to pay £1 1s. 0d. costs. |
| Frank Holman, 11/13, Camberwell Road: | Sausages 673 | 300 parts per 1,000,000 sulphur dioxide. | Fined 10/- and 10/6 costs. |
| Frank Holman, 11/13, Camberwell Road. | Breakfast Sausage 674 | 90 parts per 1,000,000 sulphur dioxide. | Fined 5/- and 10/6 costs. |
| Frank Holman, 11/13, Camberwell Road. | Brawn 675 | 70 parts per 1,000,000 sulphur dioxide. | Fined 20/- and £1 1s. 0d. costs. |
| James William Howe, 27, Austral Street. | Rum 844 | 37 degrees under proof. | Ordered to pay £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| Rebecca Mills, 56, West Square. | Gin 848 | 40 degrees under proof. | Ordered to pay £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| H. C. Hay & Co., 16, Great Dover Street. | Margarine | Found in Butter Factory. | Summonses dismissed under the First Offenders' Act, with £10 10s. 0d. costs. |
| H. C. Hay & Co., 16, Great Dover Street. |
DIPHTHERIA.
There was a diminution of notified cases amounting to 106 during
the year under consideration.
Antitoxin is supplied free of charge, and 34 phials of 4,000 units
have been supplied to Medical Practitioners in the Borough during the
year.
The number of cases of Diphtheria notified and the number of
deaths during the last five years were as follows:—
Notified.
Deaths.
1924
791
49
1925
905
31
1926
945
32
1927
774
21
1928
668
13
In regard to the Schick Test I submitted a report to the Council
in November, 1927, which was printed in my Annual Report for that
year. In November, 1928, I submitted a further report in which was
embodied a scheme for the establishment of a centre for immunisation
against Diphtheria, which scheme was approved and adopted by the
Borough Council, and forwarded to the Ministry of Health for their
sanction and approval.
The scheme as submitted was as follows:—
"I beg to submit herewith the details of a scheme for the inauguration
of a centre for children and others desirous of taking advantage
of the recent introduction of the "Schick" test and immunisation
against Diphtheria irrespective of their age, as recommended by the
Council at their last meeting.
As the testing and immunisation is entirely voluntary on the part
of the patient, propaganda through the schools and welfare centres will
be necessary to secure success. Posters should be put in prominent