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I am in favour of the use of temporary Hospitals with a
combined system of Dry earth and strong disinfectants as
a means of disposing of the excreta, as opposed to the plan of
allowing the drainage of any infectious hospital to be directly
connected with the sewarage of a district; for, the possibility
of the infection of Scarlet fever and Small Pox being conveyed
through our drains and sewers, is a matter to which all Sanatarians
should direct sttention.
On the Preventive Measures employed in Lambeth during the
Small Pox Epidemic, 1876-7.
In all cases of Infectious Fevers, it is of the first importance
that the Local Sanitary Authority should obtain early information
of the sick, and more especially is it necessary that it should bo
promptly apprised of the removal of all such cases to Hospital.
During my early term of office it frequently happened that many
days elapsed beforo this information reached me. The Guardians,
however, promptly responded to my suggestion, that the Master
of the Workhouse should supply me with a daily return
of all cases in which the Parish Ambulance had been used
for conveying persons suffering from Infectious Disease to the
Hospitals. This return has been regularly supplied, and the
name and address of the patient being given in each case
the Inspectors were enabled to cleanse and disinfect the premises
soon after the sufferer had been removed. The signal success
attending this plan must be as satisfactory to the Guardians as it
proved beneficial to the Parish.
SMALL POX AT NORWOOD.
In the early part of January an outbreak of Small Pox occurred
at Elm Grove, Lower Norwood, which consists of two Streets,
standing at right angles to each other and forming a cul de sac.