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Asylums Board's Hospitals which were certified as not having the
complaint.
No deductions have been made in respect of these patients.
Condition of House Drainage.
The 66 cases in Poplar were notified from 55 premises, the 70 cases
in Bromley from 65 premises, and the 39 cases in Bow from 35 houses,
and of these premises the drains were found to be defective in 11 instances
—6 Poplar, 3 Bromley, and 2 Bow.
Isolation.
46 cases in Poplar (sub-district), 59 in Bromley, and 34 in Bow were
removed to hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. Four patients
from Poplar (sub-district) were treated in the East London Hospital for
Children and one in the Middlesex Hospital, two patients from Bromley
were treated in the East London Hospital for Children and two in the
Sick Asylum, and one patient from Bow was treated in the East London
Hospital for Children. So that 149 patients out of 175 notified cases in
the Borough were isolated.
The Diphtheria Anti-Toxin (London) Order, 1910.
The following is a copy of a circular letter which was received from
the Local Government Board :—
PROVISION OF DIPHTHERIA ANTI-TOXIN.
Local Government Board,
Whitehall, S.W.
15th August, 1910.
Sir,
I am directed by the Local Government Board to state that
they have had under consideration the question of facilitating the
prompt use of diphtheria anti-toxin in the case of persons who may
be attacked by diphtheria or exposed to the infection of the disease,
and with that object they have made an Order, under Section 77 of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, sanctioning the provision by
the Councils of Metropolitan Boroughs of a temporary supply of
diphtheria anti-toxin and of medical attendance in connection
therewith. Copies of the Order are forwarded herewith.