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The Borough Council has already done much towards combating
this disease, by the appointment of a lady sanitary inspector who visits
babies whose births are now promptly notified to me under the provisions
of the Notification of Births Act, 1907. '1 his officer leaves a card of
instructions, which she supplements with oral instructions, on the
feeding and rearing of infants Many babies too are brought to the
two weighing centres that are open in different parts of the Borough,
and are thus kept under close surveillance The food-supply of the
district is, on the whole, very good, and is, generally, under the
inspection of the Medical Officer of Health and all the sanitary
inspectors, as well as, in particular, under the supervision of the
inspector to whom is delegated the duty of carrying out the
provisions of the Food and Drugs Acts. Other matters which are so
obvious as hardly to need mention—such as the paving of yards and
open spaces—are factors that bear directly or indirectly upon this
subject, and it is satisfactory to see that the efforts which have been put
forth in the past, and which are being continued, are proving
successful
Upon my suggestion the issue of leaflets respecting summer
diarrhoea has been undertaken, and these will be distributed in the
current year.