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increased by depressing conditions, such as exposure to cold, and
to fatigue whether mental or physical. Attention should hence
be paid at epidemic periods to all measures tending to the maintenance
of health, such as the use of clothing of suitable warmth,
and a sufficiency of wholesome food.
Persons who are attacked by Influenza should at once seek
rest, warmth, and medical treatment, and they should bear in
mind that the risk of relapse, with dangerous complications,
constitutes a chief danger of the disease.
It will be perceived that the contents of the above memorandum
are in accord with the precautions issued by this parish
early in 1894, and now re-issued for the guidance of the public,
as set forth on page 38.
The
Plague.
In August a notice was received from the Port
Medical Officer, Greenwich, that a person, apparently
in good health, had proceeded to this district after
disembarkation from ss. Britannia, from Bombay, and the person
and premises were kept under due observation during the
period of incubation, without any symptoms of the disease
appearing.
Infectious
Disease at
Cowsheds,
Dairies, &c.
In the event of an outbreak of infectious disease
occurring at the premises of a milk-purveyor or dairyman,
the London County Council who undertake the
registration of such premises are at once communicated with: all
milk upon the premises is destroyed, and business is suspended
until disinfection of the premises and all trade utensils has been
carried out, and a certificate thereof granted by the Medical
Officer of Health, after the termination of the case or the removal
of the patient to hospital.
With a view to uniformity throughout the Metropolis, the