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whose duty it was to visit the houses in which the attacked persons resided, or
who disinfected clothing; and the latter included the clerks in the office who
had to interview persons who came from these houses.
Exposed to Direct Infection.
No.
Medical Officer of Health 1
Superintendent 1
Sanitary Inspectors 16
Disinfectors 17
Engineers' Disinfecting Station 2
Matrons' Shelter House .. 2
Van men 2
Messenge 1
Total 42
Exposed to In-direct Infection.
No.
Clerks 7
7
Measures Adopted to Prevent the Spread of Small Pox.—These
have already been set out in my Annual Report on the Health and Sanitary
Condition of the Borough for 1901, pages 108-110.
Thanks to the Medical Profession.—I cannot close this report
without expressing my heartiest thanks to the medical profession practicing in
Islington, for the great assistance they invariably afforded me in my efforts
to curtail the epidemic. Their aid has been at times most valuable and
opportune, while as a rule their notifications have been exceedingly prompt.
Finally, I owe it to all the members of the Public Health Department
Staff to recognise the strenuous manner in which they worked. No staff could
have done better, indeed the limits to which the epidemic was confined in the
borough, considering that the disease existed to a severe extent in every
borough surrounding it, is proof positive that their efforts were most successful.
They are, therefore, justly entitled to all the praise that I can give them. They
were not only a credit to Islington but an example to the officers of every
municipal authority.
I am,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
A. E. HARRIS,
Medical Officer of Health.