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of infectious disease. During 1894, 123 bodies were removed to the
mortuary, five at the request of the Medical Officer of Health four
being cases of infectious disease.
The removal of house refuse and the scavening of the streets is
carried out by the Vestry. As regards the house refuse ,it is the costum to have every house called at once each week and in order
that the collection shall be made periodically, the parish has been
divided into six sub-districts, each of which is visited upon a fixed day.
The result appears to be generally satisfactory, and during the course
of my insection I seldom noticed any accumulations of house refuse.
The 1 erase is taken to the Vestry's wharf on the river, and there at
once loaded into barges and removed.
The Vestry have not made provision for undertaking the disinfection
of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., after the occurrence of infectious
disease, but have arranged with a contractor in the district for this
purpose. By the terms of this contract, inquiry is made twice daily at
the Vestry Hall on behalf of the contractor for the purpose of
ascertaining the occurrence of cases of infectious disease concerning
which disinfection is required. The articles are removed from and
returned to the houses in separate vans. The disinfection is effected by
steam. The disinfection of rooms is carried out by an official in the
employ of the Vestry.
The Vestry have not up to the present time provided a shelter for
the use of the district, under section 60 Public Health (London) Act,
1891, which requires that every sanitary authority shall provide shelter
for use of persons during the period necessary for the disinfection of
their dwellings.
The water supply for the parish of Fulham is supplied partly by the
Chelsea and partly by the West Middlesex Water Works Companies.
The Sanitary staff of the Vestry consists at the present time of:—
A Medical Officer of Health.
Four Sanitary Inspectors.
One Assistant for Disinfection.
A Sanitary Clerk.
The Medical Officer of Health is not allowed to engage in private
practice. The Sanitary staff is under his control, and he attends at the
offices of the Vestry daily to supervise the work of the department.
The Inspectors have districts allotted to them, and each performs in
his allotted district all duties arising under the Public Health Acts and
the Food and Drugs Act. They attend at the offices daily in the
morning to carry out certain clerical duties, such as preparing the
intimation notices, and also to see builders and others who may seek
advice. They also attend in the afternoon if necessary. The Disinfection
Assistant is employed in carrying out the disinfection of rooms in
which cases of infectious diseases have occurred.
The Clerk devotes his time to keeping the register of complaints, the
inspection book which contains a record of the conditions found to
exist in all premises visited by the Inspectors, and of the action taken
in each case, the register of infectious disease occurring in the district.