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of the Medical men notifying the case in each instance as to possible
source of infection, and in each case the Midwife was in
attendance at the actual time of Parturition, a Doctor only being
called in when the patient developed more serious symptoms. In
each case the Midwife was seen personally, or otherwise communicated
with, and personal cleansing and disinfection were urged
upon her, with a period of abstention from attendance upon further
cases, and I am pleased to say that in every instance this advice
was acted upon. No Midwife had more than one of these cases
in her practice during the year. Four of the cases unfortunately
proved fatal.
Chicken-pox. There were 138 cases of this disease notified
during the year; 68 being in East Greenwich, 37 in West Greenwich,
5 in St. Nicholas, 26 in Charlton, and 2 in Kidbrooke. The
Order made by this Council, and renewed from time to time, and
confirmed by the Local Government Board, requiring this disease
to be notified, has now ceased to be in force.
Measles. On April 1st in this year, certain provisions of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, relating to dangerous infectious
diseases were authorized by order of the London County
Council, confirmed by the Local Government Board, to apply to
the dangerous infectious disease known as Measles. The sections
briefly are as follows:—
Sec60.—Which gives power to Sanitary Authorities to require the
cleansing and disinfection of infected houses and articles, and
to provide temporary accommodation for the shelter of persons
displaced during the disinfection of their dwellings.
Sec. 61.—Which enables Sanitary Authorities to require infected
bedding and other articles to be delivered up to them for
disinfection or destruction.