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course of the disease. As babies grow older, especially if the family is at all
numerous, they are less immediately under the supervision of their mothers, and
likely to be less thoroughly protected from infection and complications. These
facts probably account for the increase in the number of cases and the number
of deaths towards the end of the first year and during the first quinquennium.
Glanders.
No case of glanders in the human being was notified during the year. On
two occasions notice with regard to outbreaks in stables in the borough was sent
by the London County Council. The first notice referred to a case at Messrs.
Thompson, McKay & Co's. premises in Lodge Road; the second to a case at
Messrs. Oates, Grove Road. In both instances the officers of the County Council
carried out the necessary disinfection and the district inspector examined the
premises. Some slight defects were discovered in the stable drains at Grove
Road, and were remedied after receipt of a notice from the Department.
Phthisis.
Notifications.—The form of notification in connection with cases of
pulmonary phthisis or consumption is partly compulsory, partly voluntary.
The former is called for by the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908,
the voluntary notifications being made by medical practitioners at the invitation
of the Council, originally issued in 1906 and repeated each year since then.
The total number of notifications received during 1910 was 537. of these 101
were sent in voluntarily, 421 by the Poor Law Officers under the regulations.
of the voluntary notifications 86 came from medical men in practice and 15 from
general hospitals.
The number received in 1909 was 334 and was nearly double the total for
1908, the increase being the result of the compulsion introduced by the
regulations.
The following table shows the numbers received under each system since
its inception.