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I think all the old brick dust-bins should be abolished,
and superseded by the "Sanitary Bin," a portable zinc or galvanized
iron receptacle; and the rule should be enforced in every household
that all moist or putrescible matter be burnt.
The District was almost entirely free from Zymotic
disease during the months of April and May, such an immunity
has not been the case for some years. We had a mild outbreak of
Scarlet Fever during the Autumn and early winter months; at
this time Scarlet Fever was prevalent all over London and we
were fortunate in having so few cases to deal with.
Influenza became epidemic in the first week of February,
and continued till the middle of March, causing nineteen deaths.
Many who died from diseases of the lungs probably owed their
trouble primarily to this complaint. The visitation was more
severe than the previous epidemics in this district, and being
highly infective, spread rapidly. The further study made by the
Medical Profession as to the natural history of Influenza, goes to
show that it is a disease against which it is most difficult to apply
measures of prevention with any substantial prospect of success.
WATER SUPPLY.
The supply has been constant except during the long
frost previously alluded to. I take this opportunity of laying great
stress on the importance (wherever there is a constant service)
of drawing water used for drinking and cooking purposes, from a
draw-off tap direct from the rising main, and not from the cistern
where it has been exposed to warmth and pollution.