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The address of the Medical Officer of Health, to whom Notices
are to be sent, is James Edmunds, Esq., M.D., &c., 8, Grafton
Street, Bond Street, W.
A Notice or Certificate to be sent to a Medical Officer of Health
may be sent by being delivered to him, or by being left at his
office or residence, or may be sent by post addressed to him at
his office or at his residence.
From the date when the Act came into operation (October
31st) until the close of the Vestry's year, at Lady Day, 42
cases of Infectious Disease were notified to the Medical
Officer of Health, viz.:—
Small-Pox 0
Cholera 0
Diphtheria 3
Membraneous Croup 0
Erysipelas 2
Scarlet Fever 22
Typhus Fever 0
Typhoid Fever 18
Relapsing Fever 0
Continued Fever 1
Puerperal Fever 1
42
REMOVAL OF THE INFECTIOUS SICK TO
HOSPITAL.
Under the provisions of the Poor Law Act, 1889, the
Metropolitan Asylums Board have power to allow their
Ambulance Service to be used for the conveyance of persons
suffering from any dangerous infectious disorder to and from
Hospitals and places other than Asylums provided by the
Board.