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On a Consumptive person ceasing to occupy a room, this will be
disinfected free of charge, if application is made to the Sanitary
Inspector at his Office, Gothic Villa, Mill Hill Grove.
In cleansing rooms used by Consumptive patients, all dirt and
dust should be removed by damp dusters, which should afterwards be
boiled.
Any dust from such rooms is liable to contain the living germs of
the disease.
The milk from Consumptive Cows may contain the germ, and it is
dangerous to drink unboiled milk.
If the above precantions are carried out a Consumptive patient
need not be a source of danger to anyone, and he will at the same time
materially improve the prospects of his recovery.
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
Gothic Villa, Mill Hill Grove, Acton, W.
I think it imperative that every Sanitary Authority should take
active steps with a view of diminishing the suffering and death from
tuberculosis, and I beg to offer the following suggestions, which I trust
will meet with your approval and consent:—
1. That medical practitioners be requested to give voluntary
notification (with the consent of the parent, or those in charge of the
patient) of any case of consumption which may come under their notice.
2. That the fees paid for such notification be the same as those
paid under the Infectious Diseases Notification Act.
3. The Medical Officer of Health to visit the case with a view of
inspecting the surroundings of the patient, the conditions of work, &c.,
and the detection and removal of conditions likely to promote the
disease.