View report page

19
2,—Refuges.—A suitable house was found and negotiations opened
for its temporary acquisition.
3.—Medical house-to-house Visitation and Treatment.—I suggested
the present ward division of the District as being most
suitable for this purpose, and that an equivalent number
of the Poor Law Medical Practitioners should be engaged
to undertake in the several wards the above visitation
and treatment.
Fortunately, the necessity for carrying these measures into
execution did not arise.
SUMMER OK CHOLERAIC DIARRHŒA.
In consequence of the large number of deaths from this cause,
I deemed it expedient to draw up certain preventive rules, and to
recommend the circulation of copies of the same in the crowded
parts of the District. Ten thousand copies were left at the houses
in these parts, with the result that many serious nuisances were
brought to the notice of the sanitary officials.
The following is a copy of the rules drawn up :—
BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE HACKNEY DISTRICT.
RULES FOR THE PREVENTION OF
CHOLERAIC OR SUMMER, DIARRHOEA.
1.—Offensive smells, or any defects in the water-closets or drainage of the house
should be at once reported to the Sanitary Authority.
2.—House refuse must not be allowed to accumulate on the premises until it
becomes a nuisance, but should be removed at frequent intervals. This
will be done by the Board's dustmen, on placing in the window the printed
'• D " supplied to each household. If possible all vegetable refuse to be
burned, provided it can be done without creating a nuisance. Dustbins
ought to be kept in thorough repair.
3.—Where there is constant dampness of the soil near the dwelling, or of its
walls, it should be reported to the Sanitary Authority.