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(xii.) The arrangements for "care" and "after care" are carried out by a subcommittee
of the Sanitary Committee, on which two ladies are co-opted as members. It
receives detailed reports on all cases of Tuberculosis occurring among City residents.
(xiii.) No local arrangements exist for providing employment for patients.
(xiv.) No opportunity has arisen for the use of a shelter, but arrangements would be
made for any suitable case if a site were available.
(xv.) No special points have been noted as to the incidence of Tuberculosis ; the records
do not show that the disease is specially prevalent among any class of workers in the City.
(xvi.) The usual methods for preventing the spread of infection are adopted, and
pocket sputum flasks are provided free of cost.
(xvii.) The principal difficulty encountered occurs on the discharge of a patient from
a sanatorium with the disease arrested. The home environment to which he returns is often
unsatisfactory; suitable occupation near his home may be practically unobtainable, even
when remuneration is not the main consideration, and the very considerable benefit gained
is in some cases soon lost and the treatment in the sanatorium largely wasted.
CONSUMPTION—SPITTING.—The objectionable habit of spitting in the
streets and other public places, and also the corridors of large buildings occupied
by a number of different firms, is still a source of nuisance. Precautionary notices
issued by the Corporation drawing attention to this practice are distributed to
bona-fide applicants.
EXAMINATION FOR PATHOGENIC BACTERIA.
Any medical practitioner desiring examinations of specimens for Pathogenic
Bacteria in cases of suspected infectious disease occurring amongst their patients
residing in the City, should forward them to the Medical Officer of Health at the
Guildhall. Arrangements have been made for free examination, and the results
obtained are communicated as speedily as possible.
During the year the following specimens were so dealt with. It will be seen
that positive results were obtained in 17 8 per cent, of these cases.
Result.
Specimen. Disease suspected. Positive. Negative.
88 Swabbings from throats Diphtheria 16 72
13 Sputum Tuberculosis 2 11
Of the 88 swabbings from throats, 42 were received from the Central Foundation
School for Girls, Spital Square, E.C. These swabs were sent to the City
Pathologist in accordance with the arrangements between the City Corporation
and the London County Council. This school is situate partly in the City and
partly in the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, and pupils attend from many
parts of the East and North-East of London, and also Boroughs and Urban districts
in Essex and Middlesex.
HYGIENE OF HAIRDRESSERS' AND BARBERS' SHOPS.
The Registered Hairdressers establishments throughout the City remain under
the supervision of your officers, and there are now six proprietors of these places who
hold certificates, and have undertaken to comply with the Regulations of the Corporation
for the conduct of their business.
The following is a list of those proprietors at present on the Register:—
Kingston and Hubbard, 8 and 10, Ludgate Arcade.
Chas. Lehman, 8 and 9, Aldermanbury Postern.
Martin Longman, 75, Mark Lane.
Thos. W. Monk, 5, Angel Court.
Marsh and Prince, 36, Coleman Street.
Harry G. Wicks, trading as Arthur and Co., 42a, Old Broad Street.
The Hairdressers establishment formerly conducted at No. 16, Lawrence
Lane, has been discontinued and at No. 35, Bucklersbury there has been a
change of proprietorship.