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certificate a copy of the notification endorsed by the Sanitary
Authority, was taken advantage of many times during the past year,
so that any great delay was obviated. Some medical practitioners in
notifying a case which they desire to be removed, write to that effect
on the notification itself, and under the old regime that doctor would
have to be sought for in order to obtain a separate certificate. But
now, a copy of the notification is made immediately, and sent forthwith
to the patient's house.
A circular letter was received from the London School Board
respecting the granting of certificates after the disinfection of premises,
so that the teachers might know when to re.admit with safety, the
children who had been excluded from infected houses. The School
Board was anxious that there should be a uniform system with the
various Sanitary Authorities. I informed the Sanitary Committee
that my practice is to give certificates or information to the head
teacher or parents when they make application. On several occasions
batches of addresses had been forwarded to me from Board Schools,
and 1 had returned the list with the disinfected premises marked.
I suggested to the Committee that if they would recommend to
the School Board Authorities that each school should send in a
weekly list to be dealt with in this manner, the matter would be
entirely met.
Together with your Chairman, Mr. Main, and Mr. Christie, the
Chairman of the Sanitary Committee, I attended a Conference held
on July 19th at the County Hall, Spring Gardens, to consider
whether means could be adopted to prevent the spread of infectious
disease by vagrants. Delegates from Poor.law and Local Authorities,
together with Medical Officers of Health, came from all parts of the
country. The Chairman, Sir John Hutton, stated that the object of
the Conference was rather to lay down general principles than to
discuss the particular mode in which those principles were to be
carried out. The following resolutions were discussed and carried:—
1. That common shelters, which are not subject to the law relating
to common lodging houses, should be made subject to such law.