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Summonses, and writes out the authorizations for the signatures of
the Chairman of the Board or Sanitary Committee. Mr. Ward,
the Clerk for General Purposes, keeps the Register of the Infectious
Notifications. I have caused this book to be divided into three
parts, in order that Poplar and Bromley may be kept separately, which
is extremely convenient for reference. The Milk Supply is now
registered, and likewise the date of removal, should the patient be
admitted into one of the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals.
Mr. Ward, as formerly, makes a copy of each notification, which copy
is sent to the Asylums Board, and should the patient be attending at
a School, or should there be children in the house attending any
Schools, copies of the Notification are forwarded to the teachers
Recently Sunday Schools have been registered and notified. Mr.
Ward also attends to and checks the notification fees and accounts,
and since the disinfecting work has been under my immediate supervision,
he helps me with the clerical work of that department. A
Vital Statistic Street Ledger is now being kept for Bromley as well
as for Poplar. On the 19th of September I addressed a letter to the
Board, calling attention to the over-crowded condition and want of
accommodation in the offices of the Sanitary Department; this subject
has been discussed, and more rooms will be afforded as soon as
possible.
DISINFECTING DEPARTMENT.
The Disinfecting Department I have taken under my immediate
supervision. The work commences at six o'clock in the morning
instead of at that hour in the evening, the men receiving a higher
wage, the beer money being discontinued. I have introduced a
system whereby orders are given to the disinfector as to the premises,
and the clothing, &c. The articles before leaving any house are
checked by the Board's men, and signed for by the owner when
returned, so that in case of a dispute the Board would not suffer.
The men who fetch and bring the clothing, &c., to and from the
apparatus—in order that the wages sheet may be checked by me
every week—keep a record book as to their journeys, and likewise as