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Sanitary Administration of the District.
puerperal fever, two of cerebro-spinal fever, one of
tubercular meningitis, one of pneumonia admitted
as cerebro-spinal fever, two of chicken-pox, and ten
of measles. Amongst these there were four deaths,
one of tubercular meningitis, one of cerebro-spinal
fever, one of cellulitis, and one of measles complicated
with broncho-pneumonia.
The total cost of the hospital for the year April,
1920, to March, 1921, was £6,112 4s. 6d., or an average
cost for each patient for food, medical and nursing
attendance of 12s. 6d. per day. As the food alone
cost £1,204 3s. 9d. in the same time, the average cost
of food for each patient, or each member of the staff,
was 1s. 7d. per day. This figure indicates very economical
management.
On the northern boundary are the Small-pox Hospital
and Reception House. There has been no occasion
to use either of these for some years.
Local Acts, Adoptive Acts, etc.
The Ealing Corporation Act, 1905, confers additional
powers on the Council with respect to certain sanitary
matters, the provision of dust-bins, the drainage of
houses by combined operation, the control of tuberculous
milk, etc. Other Acts which have been adopted
by the Council are
Public Health Acts (Amendment Act,) 1890.
Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act, 1890.
Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act, 1907.
Bacteriological Laboratory.
On the 1st July a laboratory was opened in the Public
Health Department for the examination of