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3. Removal and accommodation of 25 persons from infected houses
during a minimum period of 24 hours in Parish Reception House during
disinfection and cleausing of premises and of all infected goods.
4. Free flushing of the street gullies weekly within the infected area
by your Surveyor (Mr. Harrison).
5. Bacteriological examination of samples of ice-cream, water-ice,
and shell-fish in addition to those of water and milk already alluded to.
6. Distribution throughout parish of a leaflet (a copy of which will
be found appended) containing printed instructions to Heads of Families,
Householders, and others for preventing the spread of typhoid fever.
At the time of distribution of this leaflet the Sanitary Inspectors have
made enquiries with respect to possible cases of illness of a diarrhœal
nature in their house to house visitation, and on such cases being discovered,
and found to be unattended, the inspectors have advised the
calling in of a medical practitioner with a view to the removal of the patient
to Hospital if found to be suffering from enteric fever.
Other suggested measures, not yet carried out, aimed at the checking
of the spread of the disease in connection with surface, soil, air, and food
pollution, and will be found duly recorded in my official diary.
I have the honour to be,
Your obedient servant,
F. J. WALDO,
Medical Officer of Health.
Health Department,
Vestry Hall, St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
Submitted to Public Health Committee 8th October, 1900, and
presented to Vestry on 16th October, 1900.
(Copy of Leaflet Issued by Vestry.)
the vestry of the
PARISH OF ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK.
public health department.
Instructions to Heads of Families, Householders, and others, for
Preventing the Spread of
TYPHOID FEVER.
N.B—You are requested to read the following statement and preserve it for
future use.
As there have been several cases of Typhoid Fever in the Parish