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to be tuberculous. With a view, however, of calling the attention
of dairymen to the importance of producing milk free from tuberculous
contamination, I propose taking further samples during the
current year.
DISINFECTION.—During the year, 592 houses and 645 lots of
clothing were disinfected. The latter mumber included 69 lots of
infected material from the Urban District of Penge.
The articles disinfected were as follows :—294 Beds ; 293 Mattresses;
710 Blankets; 90 Sheets; 730 Pillows; 225 Bolsters; 115
Palliasses ; 1,604 Other Articles. Total, 4,061.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACTS.—Under Sect. 26, 53,
and 54 Vict., c. 8, exemption from inhabited house duty is granted
to houses divided into tenements of the annual value of less than
£20, provided the medical officer of health certifies that they afford
suitable accommodation for each of the families or persons dwelling
therein, and that due provision is made for their sanitary
requirements.
By Sect. 11, 3 Edward VII.. this provision was extended to
houses of the annual value of not more than £4.0.
During the year applications were made in respect of the
following Hats •—