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Tuberculosis, 1914.
Inspector.
Overcrowding.
Total.
Ordinary.
Intimations.
Notices.
Notices.
Intimations.
H.C. Green
15
...
...
14
1
7
5
G.G. Morley
...
...
2
6
1
17
24
H.N. Jones
...
2
...
R.F. Nash
...
2
...
25
40
M. Malins
2
1
12
...
5
6
W. Eagle
...
1
16
G.W. Scudamore
5
...
...
11
4
G.T. Dewey
...
7
11
...
5
8
W.R. Farmer
...
3
...
...
1
J.S. Pointon
...
...
1
...
E.R. Collins
...
...
...
...
1
92
34
130
3
At the end of the year 1913 matters had so far progressed
that the report on the East Dulwich siding, ordered by the Council
in September, was about to be presented.
It is based on joint and separate visits to the Infirmary and to
the siding, and we have to express our thanks to Dr. Bruce for getting
out as many particulars as he was able of the cases of enteritis
occurring among the children under treatment, and for affording
us facilities for inspecting the building itself.
EAST DULWICH STATION SIDINGS.
January 21st, 1914.
Gentlemen, —In accordance with the decision of the Council, I
submit a report on the alleged nuisance of dust and its connection
with enteritis in St. Saviour's Infirmary. Questions of treatment
and nursing, especially of children, entering into the inquiry, I
invited the co-operation of Dr. Cautley, Senior Physician to the
Belgrave Hospital for Children, and the subjoined report sets out
our joint opinions, conclusions and recommendations. —I am, your
obedient Servant,
FRANCIS STEVENS, Medical Officer of Health.
Report of Medical Officer of Health and Dr. Cautley.
Gentlemen,—A letter was received in 1906 calling attention
to the accumulations of rubbish on the railway siding near East
Dulwich Station. The Sanitary Inspector visited and reported no
nuisance. There is no record of any further complaint concerning
the dust until May, 1913, when the St. Saviour's Guardians forwarded
the following report from their Medical Superintendent:—
I beg to draw the earnest attention of the Committee to the very serious monace
to the health of the staff and inmates occasioned by the manner in which the dust-bin
refuse is handled on the railway siding in the immediate proximity to the Infirmary.