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by the Public Health Act. It will be interesting to note at the
end of twelve months whether the collection and unpopularity of
such charge will be worth the sum received.
The pocedure adopted now in removal of patients is as follows :
The Notification is received at the office, and, unless it is
received from the Parish Doctor in his official capacity, one of the
Inspectors goes to the house, taking a stamped agreement with him ;
enquiry is made as to the means of the parents, and they are asked
to sign for any amount from 2s. to £1 17s. 6d.; this being signed,
the Inspector has then to come back to the office and telephone
through to the Hospital.
If a Notification arrives at the office when the Inspectors are
out, it has to wait until one of them return.
Fortunately there have not been any particularly urgent cases
requiring removal during the year, and I am pleased to say the
staff have dealt as promptly as possible with all the cases, and have
put themselves to considerable trouble in order to prevent delay.
As in previous years, "specimens" of doubtful cases of
Diphtheria and Typhoid Fever have been sent for Bacteriological
examination, the requisite materials being supplied free. AntiDiphtheric
Serum has been supplied to Medical Practitioners in
urgent cases of Diphtheria, a. supply of the latter being kept at the
Town Hall, the residences of the Medical Officer of Health and
Chief Sanitary Inspector, so that when the offices are closed no
unnecesssary delay may be caused, and this has been found to be
a great convenience.
Tubes of Anti-Diphtheric Serum supplied 40
Bacteriological Examinations 34
DUST DESTRUCTOR.
I am glad to be able to report that the erection of the Dust
Destructor, advocated for so many years, is in progress, and will be
completed ready for use probably about the middle of March.