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In 79 houses (exclusive of St. Bartholomew's Hospital) where Scarlet
Fever, Diphtheria, Membranous Croup and Enteric Fever occurred, 47
premises were found in good order. In 32 instances, or about 40 per cent.,
insanitary conditions of more or less importance were reported and duly
remedied.
SHELTER FOR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION
DURING DISINFECTION.
The Shelter in Golden Lane, Barbican, provided in accordance with Sec. 60
(4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, which enacts that "sanitary
"authorities shall provide free of charge temporary shelter or house
"accommodation with necessary attendants for the members of any family
"in which any dangerous infectious disease has appeared, for the purpose of
"enabling such dwellings to be disinfected by the sanitary authority," was
injured by the fire which occurred at some premises in rear on 29th October,
1904. Although the necessary repairs are not yet complete, three families
have been received. They numbered eight persons, of whom six were adults
and two were children, and were housed during the disinfection of their
homes after—
Scarlatina Two families.
Phthisis One family.
One family came from a home consisting of three rooms, and two families
from homes of two rooms.
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS
AND VACCINATION.
SUGGESTED TRANSFER OF DUTIES.
On 23rd January, 1905, a letter was received from the Finsbury Borough
Council, stating that they approved the principle of a suggestion made by the
Deptford Borough Council that the duties at present performed by Board of
Guardians in London, in connection with the registration of births and deaths,
should be transferred to Borough Councils and the registration effected at the
Town Hall or municipal offices instead of at the private residence of the
Registrars. They also stated that they agreed with the principle of a further
suggestion made by the same Borough Council, that the administration of the
Vaccination Acts should also be similarly transferred. The Finsbury
Borough Council hoped both proposals would meet with the approval of the
Corporation. The matter having been referred to me for consideration, I
reported to the Sanitary Committee that I was entirely in accord with both
propositions. With regard to the first, the whole question of registration is
so intimately associated with the satisfactory compilation of vital statistics
that it is evident the work should be carried out by those concerned in the
administration of the Public Health Acts. Under the existing system, or