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Officer of the Sanitary District concerned, and the London
County Council, as the Authority under the Glanders, or
Farcy, Order, 1907, and the regulations made thereunder,
have arranged for their Veterinary Inspectors to
forward particulars of all notifications as the outbreaks of
disease occur. All necessary steps to be taken in connection
with the slaughtering of diseased animals, and the cleansing
and disinfecting of infected premises, are to be carried cut
by, and under the supervision of, the London County Council's
Veterinary Inspectors. Glanders may be contracted by
human beings from animals, and an Order* has been made
by the London County Council, requiring the notification of
all cases of Glanders occurring in human beings throughout
the Administrative County of London. The Order has been
approved by the Local Government Board, and came into
force from (and including) April 26th, 1909.
During 1909, 26 notifications of animal glanders have been
received in Lambeth, as compared with 41 during 1908, but
no case of human glanders has been notified.†
EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA.
During 1909, 66 deaths were registered from Influenza in
the Borough of Lambeth, as compared with 65 during 1908,
and an average of 107.5 for ten years (1891-1900) in the
old Parish of Lambeth. Of the 66 deaths. 32 were registered
during the first, 17 during the second, 2 during the third,
and 15 during the fourth quarter of the year.
In London, there were registered 1202 deaths (uncorrected)
from Influenza during 1909.
*The Order includes also Anthrax and Hydrophobia occurring in human
beings.
†In London, 4 cases of Anthrax and 2 cases of Glanders, but no cases of
Hydrophobia have been notified since these diseases became notifiable on
April 26th, 1909. One case of Anthrax (human) was notified under section
73 ot the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 in Lambeth, during 1909, viz.,
in February, at 2 Kibworth Street, the patient being a catsmeat man.