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Medical Officer of Health, were appointed the Council's representatives.
The following- resolutions were passed, viz. :—
(a) That it is desirable that the notification of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(Consumption) should be compulsory.
(b) That application be made to the Local Government Board for arc
Order to be made—
(1) To include Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Consumption) among the
diseases to be notified under Section 55 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1901, and
(2) To extend the provisions of the following sections of the above
Act to Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Consumption)—
Section 60—Cleansing and disinfection of premises, &c.
„ 61—Disinfection of bedding, &c.
„ 62—Infectious rubbish thrown into ashpits, &c., to be
disinfected.
„ 63—Penalty on letting houses in which infected persons
have been lodging.
„ 64—Penalty on persons letting houses making false
statements as to infectious disease.
,, 65—Penalty on ceasing to occupy houses without
disinfection or notice to owner, or making
false answer.
(c) That, in the opinion of this Conference, it is desirable in order to
limit the spread of tuberculosis, that provision should be made for public
inspection and control, at its several sources, of the milk supply of
England, and that the Local Government Board be asked to take steps to
secure the efficient administration of the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops
Order, 1885, and Orders amending the same, by making compulsory
regulations.
(d) That application be made to the Local Government Board for an
Order to be made to extend the provisions of Section 69 of the Public
Health (London) Act to Pulmonary Tuberculosis, in so far as it relates to
the milking of cows and to the sale and distribution of milk.
(e) That the provision of Section 7 (1) of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, namely, that in every room in any factory or workshop sufficient
means of ventilation shall be provided and sufficient ventilation
maintained, be rigidly enforced, and a similar provision extended to all
places where people are assembled together for any lengthened period, with
a view to restricting the spread of pulmonary tuberculosis.
(/) (a) That a Sanatorium is needed for the open-air treatment of poor
persons suffering from pulmonary consumption, in the early
stages of the disease, and should be provided by a Central
Authority acting for the metropolis as a whole.