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Infectious Diseases Notification.
The cases of infectious disease notified during the year
will be found referred to in the Medical Officer's Report,
Table (B).
Steps were taken for the disinfection of each house or
room where cases occurred, and for the disinfection or
destruction of the infected articles therein.
Water Supply Certificates.
During the year the Board received and. considered 1300
applications for certificates under section 48 of the Public
Health (London) Ac t, 1891, and on evidence before them that
the houses were properly furnished with water, the certificates
were granted.
Note—By the section referred to it is provided that a house
newly erected or rebuilt after the commencement of the
Act, shall not be occupied as a dwelling-house until the
Sanitary Authority have certified that it has a proper and
sufficient supply of water either from a Water Company
or by some other means.
Water-closets.
The Board have also received and dealt with during
the year 1498 notices relating to the construction of waterclosets.
Note.—By the Bye-laws made by the London County
Council it is provided (14) that—
"Every person who shall intend to construct any watercloset,
earth-closet, or privy, or to fit or fix in or in connection
with any water-closet, earth-closet, or privy any
apparatus or any trap or soil-pipe, shall, before executing
any such works, give notice in writing to the Clerk of
the Sanitary Authority."