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Relating to the latter disease I should mention that
during the year arrangements were made for the free
supply of Anti-Toxin for necessitous cases, and this
can be obtained at all hours from Mr. Cleave, Chemist,
St. Mary's Road, and from Dr. Brown, at his residence
in the Uxbridge Road. This affords a case rate,
excluding Tuberculosis, of 4.9 per thousand.
Isolation Hospital.
The Isolation Hospital received lor treatment 164
of the total number of 276 cases notified, and the
hospital death rate on admissions equalled only 1.2 per
cent. This satisfactory result reflects great credit on
the medical and general administration of the institution,
which stands in much favour with all classes of
our residents. Table III. gives full details of age,
etc., of these above cases.
General Sanitary Administration.
1 am able to assure the Committee that the important
and multifarious duties under this heading
have been performed efficiently and systematically
throughout the year. A reference to the inspectors'
tabular forms will, 1 believe, afford convincing proof
of this. The requirements of inspection with regard
to the " Factor}' and Workshops Act," the " Houseto-House
" visits, and the condition of the Dairies,
Milkshops, Bakehouses, etc., have all been met and,
generally speaking, these premises were all found satisfactory.
At all events, orders issued with regard to
any sanitary defects were complied with. The condition
of meat, and other food stuffs, receives constant
inspection by Mr. Hill, and, with few exceptions, there
was little to complain of.
I have regularly paid my quarterly visits to the
elementary schools of the Borough, and can state that
their hvgiene and general sanitary condition is satisfactory.
The work of the Medical Inspector (Dr.