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PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
(a) That the principle of compulsory notification should
be extended to all cases of pulmonary tuberculosis.
(b) That the establishment of tuberculosis dispensaries
throughout London is urgently required.
MEASLES.
(a) 1. That the better organization is desirable in London
for the control of measles in schools.
2. That during a serious outbreak of measles children
under five years of age should be excluded from
school attendance.
3. That compulsory notification of measles is desirable.
4. That the cleansing of infants' departments and of
the furniture, lower walls, and floors thereof shall
take place once a week.
5. That accommodation should be provided in the
Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals for urgent
non-pauper cases of measles.
(b) That in the interests of public health the school
regulations should provide that all children from houses infected
with measles should be prohibited from school attendance.
WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES.
That houses of three or more stories occupied by more
than one family of the working class should have at least one
water supply and a sink placed on a landing convenient for the
occupants of the second and third stories.