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* Not inclusive of Small Pox.
TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
It is sometimes suggested that the notification of infectious
diseases is of very little real service, and that it is a mere waste of money
to pay for it. I think, however, that the subsequent tables (XXXVII.
and XXXVIII.), which I have compiled, amply disprove these
assertions. In the first table are given the trades or occupations of the
persons attacked, and in the second the trade or business carried on in the
premises in which the disease occurred. It will be seen from them that many
of the businesses therein mentioned are such as would easily lend themselves
to the propagation of disease, if precautions were not at once
adopted to prevent such an occurrence. In every instance this was
done, either by the removal to hospital of the patient, or, where this was
not agreed to, by the cessation of the business. The results have been all
that could be desired, so that in no case was the disease known to
spread to others by reason of the business. I am glad to be able to
report that there seems to be an increasing willingness on the part
of trades people to assist the Sanitary Authority.