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This service was transferred to the Kent County Council
on July 5th, 1948, and the figures given are to that date.
No case of Diphtheria was notified during the year.
C (4). Smallpox.
An arrangement existed between the London County
Council and the Erith Borough Council for accommodation
for cases occurring within the district but the smallpox hospitals
were taken over by the Regional Hospital Boards on the
appointed day.
C (5). Disinfection of premises after Infectious Disease.
Following; the removal of aases of infectious disease,
tuberculosis, etc. premises were disinfected, whilst enquiries
to obtain particulars regarding 62 cases of tuberculosis were
undertaken. The Council have a steam disinfector at the
Isolation Hospital, at which clothing, bedding, etc. are disinfected.
C (6). Laboratory Facilities.
Examination of pathological specimens, and other laboratory
work, for the district, are undertaken by the County
Laboratories, County Hall, Maidstone.
C (7). TUBERCULOSIS.
(a) Treatment and Hospital Accommodation.
The Kent County Council are responsible for cases of
Tuberculosis occurring within the district, and also for Sanatorium
treatment and hospital accommodation for Erith
residents.
A dispensary is held weekly at 65, Bexley Road, Erith,
by a whole-time Tuberculosis Officer.
In the tables which follow, particulars of new cases of
Tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the area,
during 1948 are shown in Table 1, whilst Table 2 shows) the
quarterly statements of cases on the register, together with the
position at the 31st December, 1948.