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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
The veterinary division of this office maintained an excellent service in
the investigation of dog-bite complaints, supervision of rabid dogs and follow-up of the latter, and by giving prompt advice in all cases.
The enforcement of Section 21 compelling owners to have their horses
tested and branded was a new departure, and was urged to the limit of our
facilities for handling the work.
Another new development was that of the venereal disease clinics,
organized in April, and advertised by an intense propaganda. The lack of
treatment facilities in this borough inhibit the progress of this work.
The occupational clinics showed a distinct improvement, both as to
clinical examinations and to the amount of service.
OCCUPATIONAL CLINIC WORK.
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No. of food handlers examined in clinics...........
No. of food handlers examined by private physicians..
Diphtheria and Group.............................
Scarlet Fever....................................
Typhoid Fever...................................
Poliomyelitis....................................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.........................
Variola..........................................
Measles.........................................
Liberty Measles..................................
Whooping Cough................................
Chicken Pox...................................
Mumps.........................................
Tetanus.........................................
R abies...........................................
Anthrax....................................
Typhus..........................................
Influenza........................................
Pneumonia..................................
Lethargic Encephalitis............................
Tuberculosis.....................................
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3,243
1,158
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218
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Field Service by Borough Staff-Contagion.................. 16,E
Number of visits, by Nurses-Tuberculosis.................... 7,
By Inspectors........................................
Number of diphtheria immunizations........................
Number of typhoid immunizations..........................
Number of injections of tetanus antitoxin (prophylactic)......
Schick Tests and Active Immunizations (Exclusive of Institutions)
Number of tests..........................................
Number of injections-toxin-antitoxin.......................
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