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If possible consumptive persons should sleep in rooms
by themselves; mothers who are consumptive should not
suckle their children.
A room which has been recently occupied by a consumptive
person will be disinfected free of charge on application
to The Public Health Offices, 2, Paradise Row.
By order of the Public Health Committee,
GEORGE PADDOCK BATE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
The notice was also printed in the form of an unobtrusive
pocket card, that sufferers might conveniently
carry with them.
In April the London County Council made a request
to be supplied with a weekly list of the cases notified
under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1908, and this has been done.
NOTIFICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS BY
POOR LAW OFFICERS.
The following notes on the Inspectors' reports of
cases of Tuberculosis visited by them are from the pen
of Dr. Edgar Taunton, Deputy Medical Officer of
Health for the Borough:—
During the year 1909 there were 297 cases notified
as Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
241 from the Bethnal Green Infirmary and Workhouse.
44 from their homes.
12 from other Institutions.
297
17 of the 44 cases of home notifications have since been
removed to the Infirmary. 258 cases were under treatment in
the Infirmary during the year.