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laid down:—"If two practitioners are in actual attendance on or
are called in to visit a patient, whether at the same period or successively,
and their attendance or visiting is connected with the
medical treatment of the patient, both are bound to send certificates,
and these must be duly paid for by the sanitary authority."
As a matter of fact, my authority every month sanctions payments
to two or three medical men for certifying a single case, and
this in several instances, and the Metropolitan Asylums Board
refunds such payments.—I am, etc.,
W. H. Corfield, M.A., M.D. (Oxon.),
Medical Officer of Health for St. Georges, llanover Square.
Savile Row, W., Oct. 10th.
Cholera.
On account of the prevalence of this disease in certain
parts of Europe during the Summer and Autumn, and the
fact that a certain number of cases were imported into
this country, I considered it necessary to take special
precautions in the event of cases occurring in this Parish.
I ascertained that 12 beds for male and 12 for female
patients would be available at St. George's Hospital, and
that a hundred beds at the Union Infirmary, Fulham Road,
would be provided by the Guardians for patients sent by
the Metropolitan Asylums Board, or by the parishes in
St. George's Union.
I also advised the Metropolitan Asylums Board as to the
positions which would be available in the Parish for the
location of Ambulances, viz.:—St. George's Hospital; the
Mortuary in St. George's Gardens, Mount Street; the
Workhouse in Wallis's Yard, Buckingham Palace Road ;
and the Belgrave Wharf, Grosvenor Road.
I have also divided the Parish into Sub-Districts, and
made arrangements with Medical Men for attendance on
cases in each Sub-District and with Chemists for the supply
of medicines,