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Committee directed the preparation and issue of precautions to
be taken in the method of feeding and generally treating young
children. These are appended:—
PRECAUTIONS AS TO DIARRHŒA.
In consequence of the prevalence of Diarrhœa amongst
young children, more especially those brought up by hand, the
Vestry as the Sanitary Authority acting under the advice of .
their Medical Officer of Health, beg to direct the attention of
Parents and others having care of young children to the great
advisability of boiling all water and milk used for feeding such
children.
Care should be taken as to the sound condition of every
article of food for children, anything not fresh being withheld.
Fruit especially should not be given if in the slightest degree
decomposed.
Cleanliness of person and dwellings with frequent flushing
of house drains is of the greatest value.
Disinfectants in case of illness are supplied free of charge
on application to the Sanitary Department, Town Hall Road,
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., and on Saturdays,
between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Measles. The number of cases which occurred during the
earlier months of 1894 cannot be ascertained, as this,
the most fatal of all zymotic diseases, still remains non-notifiable.
The number of fatal cases became so grave that I was
directed to draw up a bill giving the public instructions as to
the necessary precautions to be observed during an epidemic
of this disease, and they are here given.