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(b) That the establishment of tuberculosis dispensaries throughout London
is urgently required.
Measles.
(a) (1) That a better organisation is desirable in London for the control of
measles in schools.
(2) That during a serious outbreak of measles children under five years of
age should be excluded from school attendance.
(3) That compulsory notification of measles is desirable.
(4) That the cleansing of infants' departments and of the furniture, lower
walls, and floors thereof shall take place once a week.
(5) That accommodation should be provided in the Metropolitan Asylums
Board Hospitals for urgent non-pauper cases of measles.
(b) That in the interests of public health the school regulations should
provide that all children from houses infected with measles should be prohibited
from school attendance.
Water Supply to Tenement Houses.
That houses of three or more storeys occupied by more than one family of
the working class should have at least one water supply and a sink placed on
a landing convenient for the occupants of the second and third storeys.
Places where Food is Prepared and Exposed for Sale.
(a) That it is desirable that regulations should be made to limit the pollution
resulting from exposure in an improper manner in public places or adjacent
to the public way of food and food receptacles.
(b) That it is desirable that all places where food is prepared for sale should
be regulated by by-laws made by the London County Council and administered
by the Sanitary Authorities, and should be subject to annual licensing by the
Sanitary Authority.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
That in view of the adoption of the Notification of Births Act, 1907,
throughout London, and the provisions of the recent Orders of the Local
Government Board with regard to the compulsory notification of consumption,
the appointment of one or more women health visitors or women sanitary
inspectors in each metropolitan borough is eminently desirable.
Chapels of Rest.
That it is desirable that chapels of rest, apart from mortuaries for bodiesawaiting
inquest, should be established by Sanitary Authorities.
That all private mortuaries should be registered and regulated.
I have the honour to be
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN F. J. SYKES,
Medical Officer of Health.