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327
1 MARCH, 1893.
(12) That summonses were taken out against the owners of the
following premises for non-performance of sanitary works
ordered by your Board, with the following results:
(a) No. 39, St. Peter's Road—
Order made for execution of works within seven days, with
penalty of £2 and costs.
(b) Nos. 41, Ann Street; and Black Boy Court, Globe
Road—
Orders made for execution of works within seven days with
costs in each case.
(13) That your Medical Officer reported on the steps which had
been taken with regard to two cases of Diphtheria which
occurred at No. 12, Bromehead Street.
In the first case, the child having died suddenly an inquest
was held, and the true nature of the disease was discovered.
In the second case, the cause of death admitted of no doubt,
and your Medical Officer deemed it inadvisable that the body
should be removed to the Mortuary, there being no satisfactory
provision there for cases of infectious disease, but considered
that it ought to be buried immediately. Some
difficulty having arisen with regard to this course, your Medical
Officer attended at the Police Court with a view of getting the
Magistrate's order for the immediate burial, when the persons
responsible for the burial promised to bury the child within
twenty-four hours, which your Medical Officer agreed to, and
the body was buried accordingly.
The premises were disinfected the same day that the child
was buried, and every possible precaution taken against the
disease spreading.