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suet and two cups full of cooking figs or dates. Take out any date
stones and hard tops and mix all well together with two cups full of
flour and one of sugar. Add about one cup full of milk or water
(the mixture should not be very stiff). Put it into a greased basin,
tie a cloth well over it, put it into a saucepan of fast boiling water
and keep it boiling for 3 hours. The pudding can be turned out
whole on a dish, or sent up in the basin.
H. MEREDITH RICHARDS, M.D.
Medical Officer of Health.
Town Hall, Croydon.
COUNTY BOROUGH OF CROYDON.
THE PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION AND
OTHER FORMS OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Consumption is caused by the growth in the body of minute germs
(tubercle baccilli). These germs will not develop in the bodies of those
who are in robust health and are living under healthy conditions.
The germs are derived from persons or animals suffering from
consumption.
The phlegm, spit, or expectoration of consumptive persons teems
with the germs of consumption, as also may the milk of consumptive
cows.
instructions to those suffering from consumption.
Early cases of consumption may be arrested, and all cases may
be benelitted by the following precautions:—
(1). Fresh air. Bedroom windows should be kept open during
the day and especially at night, and no heavy curtains should
obstruct the sunlight. If necessary the windows may be closed
while dressing and undressing. The Chimney should be left open
and not be stopped up. Stuffv rooms and railway carriages should
be avoided.
(2). The Diet should be ample. Avoid indigestible food.
Alcohol is generally harmful, and should not be taken except undef
medical advice. All milk should be scalded,