[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IT OOP AND DRUGS ACT 5 1938 . Full details of the -work carried out under the shove Act will he found in the Reports of the Chief Inspector to the General Purposes Commilteo of the County Council# of the Public The following is samples. During the year Analyst. the portion dealing with the examination 1,124 samples were 'Submitted to the These consisted of 832 samples of milk taken whilst in course of sale to the public, 1 Appeal to the Cow, and- 1 Informal s a m* )lc , ’ In addition, 290 samples of other foods ana various kinds of pharmaceutical preparations were procured. Of the milks, 12 samples were found to be Not up to the Standard,- and 1 Baking Powder, which had deteriorated. It will be seen that the percentage of adulteration, 1.07 is small, in fact it is the lowest for four years, and the stands of the milk is good. Average - Fat 3 • ^7/'09 Solids not Fat 8.74^, Total oolies 12,41/d. The 290 samples of'other foods and drugs, consisted of the main rationed goods, tinned products and all kinds of drugs. The Analyst has certified these to be of a good and wholesome standard, and the drugs were in -accordance with the descriptions on the labels, A careful watch has been kept during the year for any new commodity coming on the market, and where possible purchases have been made. legal proceedings were instituted against five persons, one of whom was convicted for obstruction#! The amount-of Fines and. Costs collected during the year was £49 — 10 = 0. PREVALENCE OF, ^NDJRJNTR^^^ * Isolation Hospitals. Full details of Isolation Hospitals in the County will be found in, the Annual Report for .1938 # Infectious Diseases,' '1944, The seven principal Zymotic Diseases are Small-Pox -I Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Fever (indue!] Typhus, Enteric and Continued Fevers) and Diarrhoea (uncier 2 years These diseases caused 43 deaths and gave a Zymotic death- rate of .138 for the County, as compared with a rate of .132 for 1943; .I67 for 1942; .316 for 1941; and #341 for 1940.