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class area in the Southern portion of the Borough. In
this area the houses are largely tenemented and the dustbins
are sometimes full in two or three da\s after they
have been emptied. I advised that this should be started at
once and carried out for two months, as it was in the hot summer
months that prompt removal of this material was so important. It
was decided that, if the experiment did not result in much extra cost,
the period might be extended and, on a subsequent occasion, the area
too. I was instructed to furnish a list of the streets which should
be dealt with from date to the end of August. This 1 drew out on
July 13, and gave a copy to the Surveyor and to the Dust Knocker,
and the extra scavenging was carried on until the end of September.
I should like to see this a recognised annual provision in the poorer
part of the Borough, at least for the two months ending the middle of
September.
On August 18, 1911, a Circular was issued by the Local Government
Board dealing with the prevalence of Diarrhoea. The
Circular contained suggestions upon the measures which should be
undertaken to reduce undue prevalence and fatality. It was pointed
out that advice should be given as to the feeding and management of
children, and more generally as to preventing the exposure of their
food to contamination from decomposing organic matter. The distribution
of simply-worded leaflets, and, better still, personal visits
and the offer of practical advice to mothers of infants, were advocated.
Special importance was attached to “ efficient scavenging; the frequent
and, if practicable, daily removal of house and stable refuse; and
domestic cleanliness.” It was also pointed out that the Council
should promptly ascertain in which parts of their district Diarrhoea
was especially prevalent, and should devote close attention to street
and court scavenging, and to the removal of stable and domestic
refuse in these areas.
The above-mentioned provisions were very largely made within
the Borough of Stoke Newington several weeks before the receipt of
the Circular; but it was not before the middle of August that some