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prescribed admission order signed by the relieving officer, with the medical
certificate attached, accompanies each case."
The provisions of Sections 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73
and 74 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, have been enforced in
the Borough since the 1st April, 1903, under the Order of the London
County Council made 20th January, 1903. The Committee asked the
Guardians to furnish the Medical Officer of Health with daily lists of
cases of measles removed by the relieving officers or entered in the
medical relief registers of the District Medical Officers so that the provisions
of the above sections of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
as to disinfection, exposure and isolation, etc., should be enforced. These
provisions have been systematically carried out since April, 1903, in
respect of cases of measles notified by the head teachers of the schools.
The Public Health and Housing Committee on the 17th January,
1911, had under consideration the desirability of measles being made a
notifiable disease under Section 55 of the Public Health Act, 1891. In
1903 an Order was made by the London County Council applying to
measles certain sections of the Act of 1891 relating to infectious diseases,
with regard to disinfection of bedding and premises, and exposure and
isolation of infected persons, but the sections relating to notification and
removal were not applied. The Metropolitan Asylums Board now
utilising portions of their fever hospitals for treatment of Poor Law cases
of measles, the Committee were of opinion it is desirable notification
should be required in all cases of measles, in order that adequate precautions
may be taken to prevent the spread of the disease, and recommended
the Council that the London County Council be requested to make an
Order in accordance with their powers under Section 56 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, applying to measles Section 55 of the Act
relating to notification throughout the County of London.
Milkshops.
No cases of measles occurred in connection with milkshops.
Disinfection and Outworkers.
144 rooms (116 houses) were disinfected by the Public Health
Department (see page 88), and the remainder were disinfected by the
tenants, medical practitioners giving certificates that disinfection had
been satisfactorily carried out.
Respecting outworkers and the articles disinfected by the Council
see pages 80 and 88.