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In regard to Pulmonary Tuberculosis, where the person
died in the district the rooms and bedding have been
disinfected and where necessary the landlord has been called
upon to cleanse the premises. In cases of removal to other
premises or where the patient has gone to a sanatorium,
disinfection has also been carried out.
In addition to keeping an official register of notified
cases, I have endeavoured as far as possible to record full
notes as regards their progress.
I make a practice of notifying all cases leaving the
District to the Medical Officer of Health of the locality to
which the patient removes, and it would be well, I think, if
this practice were reciprocal.
It will be seen in reference to the table, that in Ward 1
there were 38 cases notified which is a higher number than
that of Wards 2 and 3. This greater number of notifications
is due to the cases notified from the North Surrey District
Schools, which amounted to 19. Taking this from the total
of No. 1 Ward it will be seen that there is very little
difference between the figures for the various Wards.
SCHOOLS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, etc.
Notifications to Schools
of Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
During the year 225 notifications have been sent to the
School Medical Officer, and the Medical Inspectors and head
teachers of the various schools, informing them of cases of
infectious disease that have occurred in the homes of children
attending school, and prohibiting attendance from the infected
houses for certain periods,