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report thereon submitted to the Council, but so far no action has been taken in the
matter. Nineteen Closing Orders were issued relating to houses inspected in a
previous year, but which had been allowed to remain occupied owing to lack of
accommodation in the District, and three of these houses were demolished.
C.—SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE DISTRICT.
The Sanitary Staff consists of one Sanitary Inspector, who is also the
Surveyor. The Council are contemplating the separation of these offices.
Ample accommodation exists at the Joint Isolation Hospital at Kingston
Lane, Uxbridge, and the Small Pox Hospital at Yeading, for the reception and
treatment of all cases of Infectious Disease, but only three varieties, viz., Small Pox,
Scarlatina and Diphtheria. Typhus, Enteric, Puerpural and Cerebro-Spinal Fever
are not received.
D.— PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER ACUTE INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
Three cases of Diphtheria, 63 per 1,000 of estimated population, were
reported during the year; two were removed to the Isolation Hospital and the
other case was satisfactorily treated at home. The source of infection was not
traced.
Fifteen cases of Scarlatina, 3.157 per 1,000 of estimated population, were
reported; the source of original infection was not traced, but it appears to have
been spread by infection acquired at school; one case which I saw with the School
Medical Inspector was attending school in the desquamating stage. I would point
out to parents that in every case in which a child develops a rash of any kind, it
should be seen as soon as possible by a doctor, in order that a diagnosis of its nature
may be made.
Four cases of Erysipelas, .844 per 1,000 of the estimated population, were
reported during the year.
There has been a very considerable epidemic of Scarlet Fever throughout the
country during the late summer and autumn.
E.—PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER TUBERCULOSIS.
(a.) In all primary notifications of Tuberculosis the patients are visited and
oral and printed instructions as to self preservation and prevention of the infection
of others are given. Spitting mugs are provided by the Council.