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Islington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1908
A similar course was pursued when information was gleaned from the
weekly returns that a death had occurred in any family. As a rule these offers
were accepted. Altogether 361 rooms, in 281 houses were disinfected.
The following are the particulars:—
| Houses. | Rooms. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter | 75 | 100 |
| 2nd „ | 65 | 95 |
| 3rd „ | 75 | 90 |
| 4th „ | 66 | 76 |
| Total | 281 | 361 |
These figures contrast with those of the preceding two years as follows:—
| Houses. | Rooms. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 283 | 380 |
| 1906 | 258 | 369 |
| 1907 | 296 | 411 |
| 1908 | 281 | 361 |
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS
ORDER, 1908.
In the month of December the notification of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
by Poor Law Officers was made compulsory. The Order was issued by the
Local Government Board in pursuance of section 130 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1875, as amended and extended by the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, and the Public Health Act, 189G, to provide for the notification to
the Medical Officers of Health of Sanitary Authorities of cases of that disease
occurring among the inmates of Poor Law Institutions or among persons under
the care of the District Medical Officers.
The Order provides that the Medical Officer of all Poor Law Institutions
and the District Medical Officers shall post to the Medical Officer of Health for
the sanitary district information as to the cases, and that they shall be paid
one shilling for each notification, and sixpence for each subsequent re-notification
of the same case.
The Order came into effect on January 1st, 1909, and is certain to prove
very useful.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS.
As usual, inquiry was made at the home of every case of infectious disease
that was notified, with a view, among other matters, of ascertaining the school
at which the patient attended, as well as the school or schools attended by
any children living in the house who were of school age.