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out, and other means adopted, for the prevention of this
disease spreading to others, and offering disinfection (free
of cost) by the Vestry's Officers, where it may be necessary;
(3) That a circular letter (C) be sent to the occupiers of
those houses in which deaths from Tubercular Disease are
reported week by week to the Medical Officer by the
Registrar-General, offering disinfection (free of cost) by the
Vestry; (4) The issuing of leaflets (pointing out in simple
language the danger of the disease and the ready means at
hand for its prevention), to Clergymen, District Visitors,
School Teachers, etc., as may be necessary (circular
letter D).
I may add that it is at present the custom of the Sanitary
Department to carry out (free of cost) disinfection in connection
with Tuberculosis where Medical attendants apply,
but the little use that has hitherto been made of such
disinfection shows that Medical Attendants and others are
unaware either of such methods being at their disposal for
that particular disease, or, indeed, of their necessity at all
in connection with Tuberculosis.
In addition, Tuberculosis has been recently shown to be
spread by infected milk and meat (especially by infected
milk), but preventive measures in respect of these two
sources of infection must be left to Parliament, to legislate
for the whole of London and the rest of the Country generally.
It is clear that Lambeth could not take action singly,
except in the way of looking carefully after the sanitary
condition of the cowsheds and slaughter-houses in the
Parish—a duty which is at present being systematically
carried out by the Vestry, Measures for the more stringent
examination of animals before and after slaughter, for the
establishment of public abattoirs in place of private
slaughter-houses, for the protection of all milk supplies by a
systematic bacteriological examination of doubtful samples,
etc., belong clearly to a Central Authority, acting for the
whole of London.