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is to be accomplished. But prophylactic measures depend to a large
extent upon the ability to recognise the presence of the condition to
be dealt with and "tuberculin" is proving, in competent hands, a
valuable mews of detecting tuberculosis of cattle. The New Dairies,
Cowsheds and Milkshops Order of 1899 enables a Sanitary Authority
to deal effectually with the milk of a cow certified by a veterinary
surgeon to be suffering from tuberculosis of the udder. The
prevention or reduction of bovine tuberculosis, however, is a matter
of keeping cows under healthier conditions than those which
obtain so generally at present: in town byres the animals are
confined constantly day and night throughout the whole milking
period, and frequently when the indoor life is not absolute, the
conditions of overcrowding, bad ventilation and general filthiness of
the byres are responsible for a heavy sick-rate from tuberculosis.
The measures adopted by the Vestry to reduce the dangers
of the spread of consumption through the infection derive 1 from
previous human sufferers, are the following.
(1). That all the medical practitioners in Stoke Newington be
informed that the Vestry is prepared, on application, to
disinfect (free of charge) all rooms which have been
occupied by patients suffering from consumption
immediately upon such rooms ceasing to be so occupied.
(2). That whenever a death from tubercular disease is certified
in the Parish a visit shall be paid to the house in which
the death occurred and an offer made to disinfect free of
cost.
(3). That handbills of information as to the nature of the
disease, the ways in which it may be contracted, the
necessity for the adoption of certain precautions, and the
willingness of the Vestry to undertake gratuitous disinfection,
be sent to ministers of religion, district visitors,
school teachers, medical officers, etc., of public institutions,
with a request that they will circulate these as
opportunities present themselves.