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the Committee considered the suggestion of the Battersea Vestry
that the Sanitary Authorities of Districts in which the factories of
firms employing " outworkers" are situated should advise the
authorities of districts in which such " outworkers " reside of their
addresses, so that proper sanitary inspection of all places where
clothing is made may take place.
The Committee recommended the Board to approve the proposed
interchange of information with regard to "outworkers."
At the meeting of the Sanitary Committee, held on the 28th April,
the Committee considered a circular letter of the Marylebone Vestry
which communication proposed an elaboration of the definition of
puerperal fever, for notification under the Public Health (London)
Act. The Committee were advised that the words "puerperal fever"
covered the diseases referred to in the letter and they recommended
that the Board discharge the reference.
On account of a decision given by a magistrate against the Bethna
Green Vestry, proceedings were taken against a medical practitioner
who failed to notify a case of puerperal peritonitis. This authority
supported by eleven other sanitary authorities, wrote to the London
County Council to add certain diseases under the head of puerperal
fever to the list of notifiable complaints named in Section 55 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
The Public Health Committee of the London County Council
addressed a letter to Sir Samuel Wilks, Bart., M.D., F.R.S., President
of the Royal College of Physicians, and asked him whether in his
opinion the various diseases in question are included in the " puerperal
fever " and notifiable as such.
Sir Samuel Wilks was good enough to lay the letter before a Committee
of the Royal College who devoted very careful attention to the
matter, and unanimously passed the following resolution ;—