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Disinfection and Outworkers.
Rooms and contents were disinfected by the Public Health Department
unless medical practitioners gave certificates that disinfection had
been satisfactorily carried out.
Respecting outworkers see page 72.
Compulsory Notification of Measles and German Measles.
The Local Government Board issued an Order to the effect that
on and after the 1st of January, 1916", cases of Measles and German
Measles must be notified to the Medical Officer of Health, either by the
Doctor in attendance upon the case, or by the parent, guardian, or other
person having charge of the sufferer. By Article VIII. the Local Authority
shall pay to every Medical Practitioner a fee of two shillings and sixpence
for every notification made by him if the case occurs in his private
practice, or of one shilling if the case occurs in his practice as a medical
officer of any public body or institution.
By Article IX. the Local Authority is empowered to provide or
contract for the provision of medical assistance for the poorer inhabitants
of the District when suffering from either of the diseases above mentioned.
In accordance with the General Order of the Local Government
Board making Measles and German Measles compulsorily notifiable,
public notice was given of the provisions of the Order, which came into
operation on the 1st January 1916.
Suggested Repayment of Feeh.
The Public Health and Housing Committee considered a resolution
of the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing Joint Committee that the
Local Government Board be aked to agree to repay to the Local
Authorities a moiety of all expenses incurred by them in administering
the Public Health (Measles and German Measles) Regulations, 1915,
and recommended the Council that representations to this effect be
made to the Local Government Board.