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6. Medicinal preventives.—The throat should be gargled every
morning and evening with the following disinfecting solution:—
Two grains of permanganate of potash and four grains of
common salt in one pint of water, a little of this may be poured
into the hollowed palm of the hand and snuffed up the nostrils,
two or three times a day.
7. General.—(a) Occupied bed and living rooms and workplaces
should be well ventilated, and flushed at intervals with air
by opening doors and windows. This implies the need for sufficient
warm clothing, especially for the young and old and those engaged
in sedentary occupations.
(b) Overcrowding in dwellings, workplaces, or in public places
of assembly, or in public vehicles should as far as possible be avoided.
(c) Mental strain, over fatigue or excessive drinking favours
the spread of infection
(d) Dirtiness, whether personal or of living or working rooms
also favours the spread of infection.
(Sgd.) J. KING WARRY, M.D., &c.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Diarrhoea.—The total number of deaths due to this cause was
55, of which 21 were registered as diarrhoea and 34 as enteritis or
gastro-enteritis ; and of these 42 were under one year of age. The
annual mortality rate for diarrhoeal disease is .28 per 1,000 living.
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912.
Under these regulations, 1,063 notifications of cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis were received during the year 1918, of which
270 were duplicates; also 131 non-pulmonary notifications,
of which 22 were duplicates. The following tables A and B give
the age and sex distribution of the notified cases.