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Arrangements were made with the Medical Officer of Health
for Kensington re. notification of infectious diseases in the
above newly added properties, and the registration of births
and deaths are also now duly notified to the proper districts.
Compulsory Notification of Plague.
The following notice was sent to each medical practitioner
in the district in accordance with the Vestry's instructions:—
By an Order of the Local Government Board, dated
19 th September, 1900, the disease known as Plague
becomes a notifiable disease within the meaning of section
55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and it is
therefore the duty of every legally qualified medical
practitioner to notify to the Medical Officer of Health for
the district, any case of Plague coming to his immediate
knowledge.
I am now directed by this Vestry to request that should
any case of this disease occur in your practice in this
district, you will [kindly forthwith notify the same to
me.
During the year one passenger arriving from Glasgow was
notified me by the Medical Officer of the Port of London—she
was found to be ill in bed at a hotel in Westminster—but there
were no symptoms of Plague and she soon recovered her
usual health.
Verminous Persons Act.
During the year one person availed himself of the provisions
of the above Act. This is the first application in this district
under this Act since it came into operation.
Black Smoke.
Strict observation has been kept upon various premises
within the district with the view of ascertaining where smoke
nuisances existed.
Proceedings were taken against the New Vauxhall Bridge
Works Company, with the result that they were fined five
pounds and costs. The Queen Anne's Mansions Hotel
Company were also summoned, but the magistrate was of
opinion that the wording of the Act was somewhat obscure
and he decided in favour of the Vestry with regard to the