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This precaution is necessary to prevent the spread of the
disease. If necessary this certificate can be obtained from
the local Medical Officer of Health.
This rule will apply until further instructions are sent
you
Yours faithfully.
JAMES KERR, M.D.,
Medical Officer (Education).
It will be observed that the regulation only applies to
those actually suffering from sore throat, and does not apply
to children apparently well who have been in contact with
diphtheria cases ; it, therefore, does not go quite far enough
but probably as far as can be at present enforced.
The London County Council By-laws as to Closets.
The Medical Officer of the London County Council
has addressed to the writer a circular letter as to difficulties
(if any) in working the by-laws and asking for suggestions.
In this district, and doubtless in others, much real inconvenience
has been experienced in the endeavour to
strictly comply with the by-laws as to the construction of
new closets in relation to the adjacent areas.
The by-laws in question have been made under the
powers conferred by Section 39, of the Public Health fLondon)
Act and stripped of verbiage have the following effect with
regard to adjacent areas:— A person must not erect a watercloset
on the ground or other floors above the basement,
unless one wall at least is an external wall and abuts immediately
"upon the street, or upon a yard or garden or open
space of not less than 100 square feet of superficial area,
measured horizontally at a point below the level of the
floor of such closet" ( it will be observed that as no width is
mentioned such space may be a mere gutter 1 foot wide and
100 feet long).
With regard to water-closets constructed below the
surface of the ground such are to be approached "directly
from an area or other open space available for ventilation