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(b) Directs attention to the provision of milk, fresh or dried, under the Maternity and
Child Welfare arrangements.
(c) Suggests voluntary notification—
(i. ) by parents and health visitors and
(ii.) by medical practitioners in serious outbreaks.
(d) Arrangements for domiciliary nursing, and instructions to mothers in methods of
carrying out the treatment advised by medical practitioners in charge of the case. It also
authorises the provision of disinfectant solution in which the soiled clothing of the patient
may be placed on removal.
(e) Hospital accommodation should be supplied as far as possible for children who are
seriously ill.
The small resident population of the City presents no serious difficulty in
matters of this nature, and I am able to report that despite the hot weather experienced
during the summer, no serious outbreak of Diarrhoea was recorded.
METROPOLITAN NURSING ASSOCIATION.
The Metropolitan Nursing Association, which was instituted for providing
trained nurses for the sick poor, has during the past year done quite a large amount
of work among the poor in the City, some of which I am of opinion can well be
regarded as public health work. In view of this fact the Corporation gave favourable
consideration to an appeal for assistance which was made by the Association,
and a grant of five guineas per annum was approved by the Court of Common
Council on the 6th October last.
TEMPORARY ISOLATION ACCOMMODATION AT
No. 6, BRIDGEWATER SQUARE.
In 1918 the Corporation made provision for suitable accommodation for the
isolation and observation of small-pox contacts.
This accommodation was secured by the leasing. and partial equipment of
premises known as 6, Bridgewater Square. This matter was again before the
Sanitary Committee for consideration, and although it has not been necessary
to take advantage of the facilities that have been made available, the Committee
decided that the continuance of the arrangements was essential in the interests
of public health. The lease of the premises was accordingly renewed.
TUBERCULOSIS.