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ACTION WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO TAKE UNDER THE
VOLUNTARY NOTIFICATION OF CONSUMPTION.
(A.) Forms will be issued to Medical Practitioners on which they
are invited to notify (with the consent of the patient or those in
charge of patient) any case of Consumption which may come
under their notice and with respect to which the Council would
be of assistance in promoting preventive measures.
(B.) The preventive measures which the Council will undertake are
as follows:—
1. A visit by the Medical Officer of Health with the view
of inspecting the surroundings of the patient, the
conditions of work, &c., and the detection and removal
of conditions likely to promote the disease.
2. Verbal advice will be given and a printed handbill of
instructions left at the house.
3. An offer will be made to perform, free of all charge, any
necessary disinfection of rooms, bedding, &c.
4. The house will be visited from time to time in order to
see if the necessary precautions have been observed to
prevent the spread of the disease.
5. Arrangements will be made for examining, without fee,
specimens of sputum from persons the nature of whose
illness is dubious, in order to bring about a prompt
diagnosis of the disease.
6. Medical Practitioners will be informed that the usual
fees for notification will be paid for information of the
existence of any case of Consumption which has not
been previously notified from the same premises.
THE METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD.
The Annual Report of the Metropolitan Asylums Board for the
year 1900 is, like its predecessors, something more than a mere
statistical statement—it is a most interesting and instructive review