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No system of notification, voluntary or otherwise,
with regard to human tuberculosis is in operation in the
district, but in certain cases the sputum of suspected
persons has been submitted to bacteriological examination,
and disinfection of the rooms and clothing is
periodically carried out. •
The administrati in of the Midwives Act, 190'2, is
carried on under the direction of the Surrey County
Council.
The Notification of Births Act, 1907, has not been
adopted, although I recommended to the Council its
advisability.
The medical inspection of school children is carried
out by the Education Department of the Surrey County
Council, but I have in many instances been called in to
see children who have been suspected to be suffering
from infectious or contagious disease, and my services
are always available for this purpose on an application
from the Heads of the various schools. The whole of
the sanitary condition of the schools within the area of
the Croydon Rural District have received ample attention.
SANITARY SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT.
I am indebted to Mr. Chart for the subjoined
information:—
At the Sewage Disposal Works at Merton, a new
contact bed has been constructed; it has an area of 2,400
square yards, and a cubical capacity of 3,600 yards, it is
now being filled with coke breeze, and will shortly be
in use.
Extensions of sewers have been made at Plough
Lane, Beddington, and the Cliffe Estate, Purley; some