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3. Visits to houses occupied by persons suffering from
Consumption. Here the Visitor will endeavour to obtain the open
window, the frequent cleaning of the room, the collection and disinfection
of the sputum, and the carrying out of further precautions
calculated to prevent the disease from spreading to other members
of the household. A handbill of advice will be left, and occasional
visits paid to see that the precautions are being carried out
4. Visits to homes in which cases of Zymotic Diarrhoea or other
sickness (not of an infectious nature) amongst infants and young
children come to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.
In these cases, suitable handbills of advice will be left, and directions
given as to the precautions which should be observed in the management
of the patients, and the protection of others.
During the year the number of visits paid by these voluntary
workers, in respect of births, infant deaths, and sufferers from consumption,
amounted to 363.
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