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Poplar 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| 1908 | 1911. (hospitals) | 1908. | 1911. (hospitals) | ||
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| Teviot Street | 1 | 3 | Wallis Road | 1 | 1 |
| Three Mill Lane | 1 | — | Wansbeck Road | — | 1 |
| Tibbatts Road | 1 | 1 | Washington Street | 1 | — |
| Tidey Street | 3 | 1 | Wellington Street | 1 | 2 |
| Tomlins Grove | 1 | 1 | Wells Street | 3 | — |
| Totnes Cottages | 1 | — | Wendon Street | 1 | 2 |
| Tredegar Boad | — | 1 | West Ferry Road | 8 | 5 |
| Trego Road | 3 | 1 | Weston Street | 1 | 1 |
| Trellis Street | 1 | 1 | Whitethorn Street | 1 | — |
| Upper North Street | 2 | 1 | Willis Street | 2 | 3 |
| Usher Road | — | 3 | Wrexham Road | — | 1 |
| Venue Street | — | 1 | Wright's Road | — | 1 |
| W ade Street | 1 | — | Wyke Road | 5 | 2 |
| Wades Place | 1 | — | Yattan Street | — | 1 |
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1911.
The Local Government Board issued an Order making pulmonary
tuberculosis a notifiable disease under the Infectious Diseases Clauses of
the Public Health (London) Act, as from January 1st, 1912, but no
enactment rendering a patient or any other person liable to a penalty, or
which subjects a patient to any restriction or disability affecting himself
or his employment is to be applied in such cases. Notifications under the
Order are to be treated as confidential. A fee of 2s. 6d. is to be paid to
the notifying medical practitioner in respect of each case notified, except
in the cases of Poor Law and hospital notifications, already provided for
in a previous Order. School medical inspectors are to notify cases in
schools.
In the circular which accompanied the Order, the Local Government
Board pointed out that ability to convey infection is limited and intermittent,
and that infection can be prevented by the patient himself when
he has learnt to practice elementary precautions.
Upon receipt of a notification the Medical Officer of Health, either
personally or through an officer acting under his instructions, is to take
such steps as may appear to him to be necessary or desirable for
preventing the spread of infection, and for removing conditions favourable
to infection.
Apart from treatment, the Board urged upon local authorities the