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against this dread scourge of civilisation has reached Battersea.
Taken in conjunction with the figures shown in the table on
page 43, which exhibit a progressive decline in the mortality
from consumption during the past ten years in Battersea, the
activity being displayed by the Council in fighting the disease
and promising results already achieved are very encouraging.
A Conference of Metropolitan City and Borough Councils was
held at Caxton Hall, on May 25th, 1910, on the subject of Tuberculosis
and was attended by two delegates (and the Medical Officer
of Health) from the Battersea Borough Council. The following
resolutions were adopted :—
1. That this conference is of opinion that the provision of
Sanatoria for the educational and curative treatment
of Tuberculosis is advisable.
2. (a) That in the opinion of this Conference it is desirable that
a Sanatorium should be established for the accommodation
of persons of the working classes of the Metropolis
suffering from Tuberculosis, and that such Institution
should be maintained by a charge upon the several
Metropolitan Boroughs in accordance with their respective
rateable values.
(b) That in the opinion of this Conference the proposed
Sanatorium should be under the direct control of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, and that such authority
be asked to seek the necessary Parliamentary powers
for that purpose (if necessary).
(c) That copies of the above resolutions be forwarded to the
Metropolitan Asylums Board and to the Local Government
Board.
3. That pending the provision of a Sanatorium for the working
classes it is desirable that each Municipal Authority
should secure beds in some existing Sanatorium according
to the provisions of Section 75 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891.
4. That in the opinion of this Conference the establishment of
Tuberculosis Dispensaries in each of the Metropolitan
Boroughs would be a desirable adjunct to the prevention
and treatment of tuberculosis.
Cancer.
The number of deaths from cancer registered of persons belonging
to Battersea during the year 1910 was 141 (males 58, females 83)
as compared with 180 in 1909 and 156 in 1908.