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Hence, if even the cases brought to notice incidentally
through the channels already mentioned have to be visited,
recorded, and the usual disinfecting operations put in force,
it is obvious the present staff will not be able to cope with
the work. It seems to the writer the best course would be
to adopt the system in force in most of the Boroughs, and
to relieve the present staff from the duty of disinfection,
and appoint a special staff of disinfectors.
If Hospital accommodation for bad cases had been provided.
and then notification of measles adopted, there is
little doubt much good would have been effected. Under
present conditions without facilities for isolation and without
notification, the results as regards controlling spread,
will not be commensurate with the considerable pecuniary
outlay involved.
Hence the wisdom of making the Order is open to
criticism, on the ground of its small utility—a half-hearted
measure, expensive in its incidence, partial in its application
and inefficacious to reduce the mortality or to
control the spread of the disease.
The Laboratory. Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
The usual large number of samples were analysed during
the March quarter. It is satisfactory to note that the dairy
produce, that is, milk and butter, was of good quality,
and in no single instance below the standards laid down by
the Board of Agriculture.
Two samples of Rum had been reduced slightly below
the statutory strength, and were certified accordingly.
The remainder of the 177 samples call for no special
notice. The complete list is tabulated at page 32.