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On the 30th January, the London County Council made an
"order" requiring the compulsory notification of Chicken-pox
within the Administrative County of London. The "order" took
effect seven days after. The "order" had been duly approved by
the Local Government Board.
The London County Council extended the period of notification
of Chicken-pox for six months from the 6th May, which was the
date of the expiration of the first order.
Upon the expiration of the second "order" the London County
Council made the notification of Chicken-pox compulsory in the
Administrative County of London for a further period of two
calendar months from and including 7th November, 1902.
The Committee recommended the Council to enter a strong
protest against the further " order " of the London County Council
requiring the notification of Chicken-pox for the additional period
of two months.
The Poplar Borough Council early in September had expressed
the opinion that the London County Council's "order" making
Chicken-pox a notifiable disease had had little or no result in
bringing to light cases of Small-pox, and that apart from this (its
primary object) it was not only useless but a cause of unnecessary
expense to the ratepayers. Similar representations at the time
were made by other borough councils.
The arrangement of the 24th February, whereby certain medical
men could be called in for the purposes of consultation with regard
to doubtful cases of Small-pox, the London County Council paying
their fee, was discontinued after 6th November.