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London County Council.
Public Health Department,
8, St. Martin's Place, W.C.,
9th October, 1900.
PLAGUE.
Dear Sir,—
When London was threatened with invasion by cholera,
the Public Health Committee of the London County Council
instructed me to ask you to be good enough to inform me of any
suspected cases of that disease, and authorised me to send to
Dr. Klein, for bacteriological examination, material from any
such cases.
The Committee has now decided to give the same facilities for
diagnosis in respect of any suspected case of plague, and has,
moreover, authorised me to employ, for clinical diagnosis, the
services of Mr. James Cantlie, M.B., F.R.C.S., formerly medical
officer in one of the Plague Hospitals in Hong Kong. I shall,
therefore, be obliged if you will be good enough to inform me of
any persons in your district who may be suspected to be suffering
from Plague.
With respect to the provision of refuges for the accommodation
of persons who have been in contact or living with persons attacked
by plague, the London County Council has, in reply to a letter
from the Local Government Board, informed the Board that the
Council is prepared to provide such accommodation as is necessary.
I am, dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
SHIRLEY F. MURPHY,
Dr. G. P. Bate. Madical Officer of Health.
DISEASES OF PARTURITION.
Eight women were reported to be suffering from puerperal fever—
six of whom died. Of the other two cases one was pyrexia, due to