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76 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Some Authorities have already dealt with this matter, as for
example:—in Liverpool, where the Guardians have erected a
Hospital; in Sheffield, where the Council have resolved that a
sum of £6,000 per annum be provided out of the rates in support
of a Sanatorium about to be built. Brighton, Leeds, Sunderland,
Bristol, and Bradford, as well as several County Authorities, have
taken, or are taking, action in the matter.
The following letter was sent to every medical man practising
in the Borough : —
THE VOLUNTARY NOTiFiCATiON OF CONSUMPTiON.
Dear Sir,
i have to inform you that the Council of this
Borough have resolved to adopt a voluntary system of notification
in cases of Tubercular Phthisis (Consumption), and i
shall be obliged if you will kindly notify to me any cases of
that disease where you are the Medical Attendant, especially
those in which you consider the Sanitary Authority can
assist in cleansing or in using any other means to prevent the
spread of the disease.
Notification may be made on the same forms as are used
for the compulsory notifiable diseases. A fee of 2/6 will be
paid for any notification of a case in private practice, and i /in
public practice. No fee will however be paid for any cases
previously notified.
The Sanitary Authority have also decided to have
specimens of sputum examined free of charge, and for that
purpose suitable boxes can be obtained on application at the
above Office.
Yours faithfully,
P. CALDWELL SMiTH,
Medical Officer of Health.
As soon as a case has been notified the Sanitary inspector
visits the premises and fills up a form which has been drawn up,
at the same time leaving a card of instructions containing the
following information for the patients and those in attendance on
them.