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Special cups, saucers, and spoons should be used for the
patients, and any spare food from the sick-room destroyed.
Discharges from ear, nose, or mouth, should he received on
a rag or piece of soft paper (e.g., Japanese serviette), which
should he at once burnt.
During recovery the patient should have frequent warm
baths unless the doctor orders otherwise. Special precautions
should be taken to cleanse thoroughly the hair and scalp before
finally leaving the sick-room.
When the patient is free from infection, the Public Health
Department undertakes the disinfection of the sick-room,
bedding, &c., free of cost. The accompanying certificate should
be returned when the patient is free from infection.
The following disinfectants are supplied on application at
Council's Offices, Maxey Road; Disinfecting Station, White
Hart Road; The Health Shelter, Sun Street; 112, High Street,
Eltham; and 18, Bargehouse Boad, North Woolwich:—
A. Solution of Corrosive Sublimate (1 in 1,000).
B. Solution of Permanganate of Potash, about the same
strength as Condy's Fluid, for personal use by patient or
nurse as directed by the Medical Attendant.
N.B.—It is, of course, understood that the above directions are
dependent on the approval of the Medical Attendant, who
may find it desirable to modify them in special cases.
SIDNEY DAVIES, M.D.,
January, 1907. Medical Officer of Health.''''
Enteric fever.
59. There were 20 cases of Enteric Fever, not including 7
cases of mistaken diagnosis notified as enteric. The case-rate
was 0.16, compared with 0.19, 0.17, and 0.23 in the three preceding
years; this is again the lowest rate recorded in the