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INFLUENZA.
Thirteen deaths were registered as due to
influenza, against 12 deaths in the previous year. No
official action was taken in reference to this complaint,
as no application was made for the disinfection of any
of the houses in which death occurred.
PHTHISIS.
Four hundred and thirty-eight cases were notified
to me against 264 cases in the previous year. One
hundred and forty-one were reported under the Public
Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908, from infirmaries,
workhouses, and District Poor Law Medical
Officers, 131 were reported under the Public Health
(Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations, 1911, and 166
were reported under the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1911, an Order made by the Local
Government Board under the powers conferred upon
them by the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, &c.
This Order came into operation on the First day of
January, 1912.
In all cases notified, or in which death occurred,
the premises were at once inspected, and after death
in all cases occurring in private dwelling-houses an
offer was made to disinfect the premises at the expense
of your Council. In every case a printed instruction
as to the course that should be adopted for the
prevention of consumption was left at the premises.
In many instances advantage was taken of the offer of
the Council to disinfect.
One hundred and sixty-eight deaths were registered
against 148 in the previous year.
On December 20th, 1912, the Local Government
Board issued a further series of Regulations to be
known as the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1912, which they have made consolidating and amending
the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908,