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Clothes, bedding, &c., are removed to Finchley, where
they are put through the steam disinfector.
Diagnosis outfits and antitoxin are supplied free to
medical men for use in cases occurring in the District, and
the suspected specimens are examined and reported upon
at the expense of the Council.
Supplies of antitoxin are kept at the Council Chambers
in the Central Ward, and at the residence of the Medical
officer of Health in the North Ward and at that of the
Sanitary Inspector in the South Ward.
Medical men have availed themselves ot this serum,
both for acute cases and as a preventive.
This is the first year that we have received information
respecting Infectious diseases throughout the country by
means of a return received direct from the Statistical
Department of the L.G.B. These returns are compiled by
local weekly reports sent to the Statistical Department
and the County M.O.H, from each authority in the
Kingdom.
On the receipt for notification of Infections disease
among pupils of the elementaly schools, a form giving full
particulars of contacts, is sent to the Chief Medical
Inspector of Schools for the County, and copies of this
form are also sent to the school teacher, and the attendance
officer, with a view to their exclusion.
Housing.
The house accommodation still meets the demand.
In the South Ward, the most densely populated,
there are 188 unoccupied houses.
Overcrowding.
A few cases were dealt with under the nuisance
clauses of the Public Health Act 1875.