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GLANDERS AND ANTHRAX.
Both these diseases in men are notifiable in London to the
Medical Oilicer of Health of the local authority under orders
of the London County Council, made in pursuance of Sections
55 and 56 of the Public Health (London) Act.
Outbreaks amongst animals are notified to the Medical Officer
of Health concerned, by the London County Council Veterinary
Inspector of the Public Control Department. The premises are
disinfected, and precautionary measures carried out under the
supervision of the County Council staff.
In 1911, no case of anthrax or glanders occurred in man in
Finsbury, but notice was received of six outbreaks of glanders
in different mews in the Borough, and of one case of anthrax in
a horse.
PLAGUE AND CHOLERA.
The names and Finsbury addresses of eleven persons who had
been in contact with cases of cholera were received from various
Port Medical Officers.
These contacts were visited at intervals while they remained
in the Borough. In one instance the contact was not known at
the address given, nor did he arrive there ; in another case the
contact did not come to the hotel he had named as his destination
in Finsbury. These two were, therefore, not visited by the
Public Health staff.
Three plague contacts arrived in the borough in 1911, and
were kept under supervision for 10 days.