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The only statutory power for preventing consumptives handling
food for human consumption is given by the Public Health (Prevention
of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925 : "No person who is aware
that he is suffering from tuberculosis of the respiratory tract shall
enter upon any employment or occupation in connection with a
dairy which would involve the milking of cows, the treatment of
milk, or the handling of vessels used for containing milk; further,
if a local authority on the report of their Medical Officer of Health
are satisfied that any person engaged in the milk trade as above is
suffering from tuberculosis of the respiratory tract and is in an
infectious state they may by notice require such person to discontinue
his employment. Certain provisions of the Public Health
Acts relating to compensation for damages sustained by reason
of the exercise of these powers apply to any person so affected,
where he is not himself in default."
A sanitary survey was made of every tenement, and the
nuisances found were made the subject of subsequent notice and
amendment. The following defects were ascertained: —Rooms
dirty and dilapidated 6, water closet out of order 1, dirty yard and
area walls 1, water-closet dilapidated 1, water closet pan leaky 1,
sash cords broken 3, broken area and yard paving 2, dustbin absent
1, water cistern foul 1, rain-water pipe broken 1.
The patient's bedroom. —The number of beds in the patient's
bedroom, the number of persons occupying the patient's bedroom,
and the number of families affected are given in the attached
table :—