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under 16 years of age, chargeable to the Guardians,
whether such children are actually already in the Institutions
of the Guardians, or such as can be admitted into
a Poor Law Infirmary by order of the Relieving Officer.
The Board's power is in pursuance of the Metropolitan
Poor Act of 1867, and the Orders of the Local Government
Board prescribing the classes of poor for whom the Board
shall provide accommodation. The cases are only admitted
on the order of a Relieving Officer, or Master of a
Workhouse, or Medical Superintendent of an Infirmary or
District Sick Asylum, or the Superintendent of a Poor Law
School, accompanied by the Certificate of a Poor Law
Medical Officer.
Much good is expected to accrue from this new regulation
of the Board, but, unfortunately, it is limited at present
to the removal of children chargeable to the Guardians.
Hospital isolation is much needed for all cases of Measles
and Whooping Cough. During 1910, 4 cases of Measles
(Poor Law) were removed to Hospital, but no cases of
Whooping Cough.
CHOLERA AND PLAGUE.
In Lambeth Borough, during 1910, no case of Plague, suspected
or otherwise, was notified, and no death from Plague
was registered. No case of Cholera was notified, and no
death from Cholera was registered, during 1910.
9 Cholera "contacts" arriving from abroad (7 from
Russia and 2 from Liban) had to be watched during 1910,
but in connection therewith no case of Cholera arose.
The 9 "contacts" arrived in England by the following
steamships: (a) "S.S. "Kurgan," 3, S.S. "Irkutsk," 3,
S.S. "Wologda," 1—all from St. Petersburg (Russia);
and (b) S.S. "Perm" 2—from Liban.
No case of Plague, but one case of Cholera, was notified,
but no death was registered from either of these diseases,
in London, during 1910.