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GLANDERS.
This disease is notifiable in London to the Medical Officer of
Health in pursuance of an order by the London County Council
under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health (London) Act.
Inspectors under the diseases of Animals Act 1894, must notify
the local authority by the provisions of Article 4 of the Glanders
and Farcy Order 1907.
No case of glanders in man was notified during the year.
Notice was, however, received of an outbreak of glanders
amongst horses in a mews in the Borough.
ANTHRAX.
This disease is compulsorily notifiable to the Chief Inspector of
Factories at the Home Office, London, in pursuance of Section 73
of the Factory and Workshop Act 1901.
By the Anthrax Order of 1899, Inspectors under the Diseases
of Animals Act 1894 are required to notify outbreaks of Anthrax
to the Medical Officer of Health. Anthrax is notifiable in London
under an order of the London County Council under section 55
and 56 of the Public Health (London) Act. In 1910, notice was
received of one case of anthrax in a horse, and of one case in a
man employed by a horse-hair manufacturer in the borough. The
patient had been handling English and South American hair only,
and had not, for some considerable time manipulated Russian and
Chinese hair which are notoriously prone to carry the disease.
The factory was visited and the conditions of employment
reported to be safe and well observed. All suspected hair was on
arrival being taken direct to a special room where it was sorted
over down draught exhaust ventilation tables. From here it was
conveyed in a closed truck to the disinfecting chamber where it
was soaked for an hour or more in a heated disinfectant solution,
The methods adopted had been approved by the Home Office.
The man was treated with Sclavo's serum and recovered.