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Housing Committee of the County Council have again had under
consideration the question of the provision of isolation hospital
accommodation for cases of smallpox in South West Essex, and
that the Committee cannot regard the existing conditions in the
Urban District of Leyton for dealing with smallpox as satisfactory
and enquiring whether the District Council are prepared to
take action to provide proper and efficient hospital accommodation
for their district, and further that the County Council have
received a suggestion from the Local Government Board that
they should themselves provide the necessary accommodation
under the powers of an Order to be made by the Board under
Section 130 of the Public Health Act, 1875, as extended by the
Public Health (Prevention and Treatment of Diseases) Act, 1913,
but that the Committee 'had adjourned the (consideration of the
question of proceeding in that manner in order to ascertain whether
the District Council concerned were prepared to make satisfactory
and definite proposals in the matter.
The Urban District Council of Leyton thereupon expressed
their opinion that the provision of a joint hospital by the County
was the best method of dealing with the question.
In March a letter was received from the Local Government
Board intimating that it had been represented to the Board that
it was desirable that further facilities should be provided for securing,
on the occurrence of any case of smallpox, the prompt
vaccination and re-vaccination of persons who have come in contact
with the infection and that regulations have therefore been
made empowering Medical Officers of Health to perform vaccination
or re-vaccination of any such persons who are willing to be
vaccinated, and intiimating that the Local Authorities should
arrange to pay to the Medical Officer of Health such sum as is
reasonable in respect of the extra work which he undertakes in
pursuance of those Regulations, and that in the opinion of the
Board such payment should not be less than two shillings and
sixpence for every vaccination and re-vaccination performed.