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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
31 of the cases were visited and it was ascertained that 14
were attended at birth by midwives, 15 were treated at hospitals
as outpatients, two as in-patients, and three were removed to
the Union Infirmary, the 11 remaining being treated at home.
Two of the cases have lost the sight of one eye, one of these
being still an out-patient at a hospital. The others, with the
exception of two who died from other diseases, have, as far as
could be ascertained, completely recovered.
Glanders and Anthrax Orders.
Under the above Orders two cases of Anthrax and five cases
of Glanders were notified by the Veterinary Inspectors of the
London County Council. In these cases the necessary steps in
connection with the disinfection and cleansing of the premises
were taken by the officials of the London County Council, but the
officers of the Borough Council visited the premises and obtained
the names of any men who had Becn in contact with the diseased
animals and notified them that if any symptoms of illness appeared
the fact should be at once reported.
Non-Infective Diseases.
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these for
the year, as well as for the previous decennium for the whole
Borough, corrected for External and Internal Institutions.