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The London County Council, with the approval of the Local Government
Board, made an order for the extension of the notification of cases of cerebrospinal
fever (epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis) for a further period of 12 months,
and a further order has since been issued extending the notification for 12 months
from March 13th, 1910.
The London County Council also made an order requiring the notification
of cases of glanders, anthrax and hydrophobia in man.
The Third Interim Report of the Royal Commission on Human and Animal
Tuberculosis gives details of a series of experiments which show that not only cows
with tuberculosis of the udder but all tuberculous cows should be excluded from
cowsheds.
Questions respecting the housing of the working classes have received much
attention during the year, and a table is given which gives an abstract of a
detailed report respecting the existing housing accommodation in the Borough,
and the rents charged for the various tenements. The Housing, Town Planning,
etc., Bill, 1909, was passed at the latter part of the year.
The removal of house refuse was again satisfactorily carried out during the
year, and very few complaints were received.
For the third year in succession no complaint was received respecting the
non-removal of manure.
The enquiry as to the industrial employment of women and infant mortality,
commenced in 1908, was completed and a detailed report has since been sent to
the Home Office.
Under the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, power was
given to remove from, or refuse to enter on, the register, the names of dairymen
if the premises are, in the opinion of the Sanitary Authority (Borough Councils),
unsuitable for the sale of milk therein. The matter received very careful
consideration, and during the year 14 purveyors of milk were removed from the
register, and 7 applications for registration were refused. In 10 cases the
premises were afterwards made suitable and the applications of the dairymen for
re-registration were granted. In a number of other cases applicants for
registration, or purveyors of milk already on the register, at once agreed to make
the necessary alterations to make the premises suitable, and in those cases,
therefore, it was not found necessary to refuse the applications or remove names
from the register.
An abstract is given of a detailed enquiry respecting an outbreak of illness
amongst the staff of a large restaurant in the Borough, found to be due to
contaminated milk. All the patients suffered from severe vomiting, diarrhoea
and fever.