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case by Inspection, Disinfection, Destruction of Bed, Bedding,
&c., and the serving of Notices to abate Nuisances.
Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the following
diseases are scheduled: —
Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Small Pox,
Cholera, Erysipelas; and Puerperal, Typhus, Enteric, and
Relapsing Fevers.
Under this Act it is compulsory for the Medical Attendant
and the householder (in which the case occurs) to notify to the
Medical Officer of Health of the District immediately upon the
outbreak of any of the above diseases.
Reference to Table No. 8 will show the number of cases
reported during the year 1898.
Phthisis or Consumption or Tuberculosis.—Since the
report of the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis was published
very great interest has been taken in the subject, and quite
recently an Association has been formed for the prevention of
Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, the objects of
which were staled at a meeting held at Marlborough House, at
which H.R.H. the Prince of Wales presided, to be: —
(i.) To educate the public as to the best means of preventing
the spread of Consumption from those already
suffering from it.
(ii.) To extinguish Tuberculosis in cattle.
(iii.) To promote the erection of Sanatoria for the open
air treatment of Tuberculosis.
During the past year 196 persons died from various forms of