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Health of the District.
The health of the district has been exceptionally good
throughout the past quarter. Seldom has there prevailed
climatic conditions so favourable to good health, for although
the sunshine has been unusually abundant, there has been
no prolonged wave of hot weather. The chief factor raising
or lowering the general mortality in the summer months is
the prevalence or absence of infantile diarrhoea. Nearly 30
deaths of young infants occurred during the quarter from
this cause, but the number is still below the average.
Prosecutions under the Public Health (London) Act.
The case of 119, Church-street was again before the
Magistrate, and Joseph Andrews, the owner, again stated
he was without means to do the work; thereupon the
Magistrate sent him to prison, for disobedience of the order,
for three weeks.
The case is profoundly unsatisfactory, and shows something
entirely wrong in procedure; a house is ordered to be
drained, the owner cannot pay the money to have it done,
and the final remedy is that he obtains board and lodging at
the expense of the community, the house remaining as
before.
REPORT OF THE DELEGATE TO THE GLASGOW HEALTH
CONGRESS.
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Depots for the Supply of clean sterilised Milk for
hand-fed Infants.
It is beyond dispute that much of the fatal infantile
diarrhoea of infants is caused by dirty, or sour, or impure
milk.
The Corporation of Glasgow is grappling in a practical
manner with this subject by sterilising milk on a large
scale.