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bovine animal to tubercle identical with ordinary bovine tuberculosis
seems to us to show quite clearly that it would be most unwise to
frame or modify legislative measures in accordance with the view that
human and bovine tubercle bacilli are specifically different from each
other, and that the disease caused by the one is a wholly different
thing from the disease caused by the other." Moreover, the effects
illustrated by the German Commission do not warrant Professor Koch's
contention that it is not necessary to take any steps against the risks
of infection through milk.
VERMINOUS PERSONS.
On several occasions the clothing of verminous persons and the
premises they occupied were disinfected during the year, and in two
instances a request that we should do this work came from the School
Authorities, the teacher having noticed that the heads and bodies of
certain pupils were in a very verminous condition. Excellent arrangements
exist at the Disinfecting Station for the Hackney Borough
Council for dealing with these verminous persons, by which while they
are having a hot bath their clothes are being disinfected ; but no
resident in Stoke Newington has yet sought to take advantage of this
provision. It is hardly necessary to state that in dealing with these
persons if any benefit is to be derived from the disinfection of the
clothes and person the premises themselves must always be dealt with
at the same time.
NOTES UPON SANITARY WORK PERFORMED DURING
THE YEAR.
It will be seen from the accompanying Report of the Chief
Sanitary Inspector that a large amount of sanitary work has beenperformed
during the year : 3,489 premises were inspected for conditions
injurious or dangerous to health, and insanitary conditions varying in
their nature from slight to very grave were discovered in a large
number of instances ; 1,047 Intimation Notices, followed in 31 cases
by Statutory Notices, were complied with. Of this number only 255