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Bacteriological Examinations.
Facilities are still afforded to practitioners to have swabbings from
throats of doubtful cases of Diphtheria, and specimens of blood from
doubtful cases of Typhoid Fever bacteriologically examined. (See pages
99 and 102.)
Arrangements are still made that the positive results of bacteriological
examinations are communicated to the medical officers of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Fever Hospitals at the time when the
removals of patients are telephoned or by letter afterwards if the result
be not to hand at time of removal, or if the removal has not been
effected through the Public Health Department.
Infectious Diseases in Milkshops and Homeworkers' Premises.
Two cases of scarlet fever were connected with milkshops in Poplar,
Four cases of scarlet fever, and three of measles were connected with
milkshops in Bromley. One case of puerperal fever was connected with
like premises in Bow. The sale of milk was stopped until after the
premises and utensils had been disinfected.*
Forty premises with outworkers were† connected with infectious
cases notified, 2 in Poplar, 15 in Bromley, and 23 in Bow—28 scarlet
fever, 7 diphtheria and 5 erysipelas.
No notices were served under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
Sections 108 and 110, but, where there was any risk of infection the work
was discontinued, and any work found on the premises was disinfected
before being returned. Four cases of measles‡ (1 Poplar, 2 Bromley,
and 1 Bow) were also connected with outworkers' premises, and
where work was found on the premises it was disinfected before being
returned if there were any likelihood of infection, but there is no power
to prevent work being executed on outworkers' premises where measles
exists.
For notices which had been received from Port Sanitary Authorities
respecting passengers coming to the Borough of Poplar see page 87.
* See page 133. †See pages 123, and 124. ‡See pages 79 and 105.