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The Sanitary and Public Health Committee therefore
issued a letter, drawing attention to the necessity
of urging upon families where Fever does exist, the
propriety of keeping their children from attendance at
School while the Fever continues, as it was found by
the Inspector's Reports that infection is communicated
by children coming into contact with each other at
Schools.
This letter was sent to Ministers of Religion, District
Visitors, and Medical Practitioners, and has exercised
some important influence in preventing the extension
of this Epidemic, since that, the London School Board
District Inspector has communicated to the Sanitary
Inspector the name and address of numerous families
whose children were absent from School from Fever.
The visits of the Inspector to these houses have been
attended with most excellent results.
Amongst other efforts to diffuse Sanitary knowledge,
the Society of Medical Officers of Health issued a sheet
of " Suggestions for preventing the spread of infectious
diseases, such as Scarlet Fever, Small-Pox, &c." A second
edition of 10,000 copies of my "Practical Sanitary
Hints, &c." was also distributed with the annual notices
from house to house in the parish.
In all of these, attention is particularly directed to
the provisions of the Sanitary Acts, in regard to
"Infectious Diseases." Would it were made compulsory
that the 600 Local Boards of the country did
as much to protect the lives of their constituents, we
should hear less of the sad consequences of their
neglect, and the saving of much suffering to the
community.