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the above lines forwarded to the County Council, to which a
reply has been received, that the whole matter would be
considered shortly.
Chicken-pox. There were 813 cases of Chicken-pox notified,
331 being in East Greenwich, 264 in West Greenwich, 113
in St. Nicholas, 98 in Charlton, and 7in Kidbrooke. This
disease was added to the list of notifiable diseases by an Order of
this Council confirmed by the Local Government Board, which
came into force on the 1st November, 1901, and continued in
force throughout the year.
It is worthy of note that eight of the cases notified, or proposed
to be notified, as Chicken-pox, were in reality cases of Small-pox,
which, accordingly, had the notification of Chicken-pox not been
in force, would probably have been overlooked, at any rate, until
more mischief had been done.
Consumption. During the year the Council adopted the
suggestion of the Public Health Committee (who had the matter
under consideration for a long period), that medical men should be
invited to voluntarily notify cases of Consumption occurring in
their practice, and in this connection 59 cases have been heard of,
25 being in East Greenwich, 19 in West Greenwich, 10 in St.
Nicholas, and 5 in Charlton, out of which total number no less
than 34 were being treated in Hospital, generally the Greenwich
Union Infirmary.
When we come to consider that there have been 118 deaths
during the year from this disease alone, one cannot consider that
the scheme of voluntary notification has been acted upon to any
very great extent. There is no doubt that many medical men
feel that unless definitely required to disclose the nature of the