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discontinuing a supply of water to dwelling houses still
remained the only remedy, the Company should not exercise
the |power except upon an order of a magistrate made after
the hearing of evidence. No legislative action, however,
has been taken in the matter.
SLAUGHTER HOUSES AND COWSHEDS.
There is now only one licensed slaughter house and no
cow-house in the Parish.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATION ACT, 1889.
The operation of this Act has not been attended by any
friction, and has resulted in many cases in the sanitary
officers obtaining earlier information of the occurrence of
infectious disease than would have otherwise been the case.
The Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act, 1800, the main
features of which are noticed on page, 78 supplements this
Act, and the two will probably prove very effectual in
limiting the extent of any future epidemic.
During the year ended at Lady-day, 78 parishioners were
notified to the Medical Officer of Health as suffering from
infections disease, viz.:—
Small-Pox
1
Cholera
0
Diphtheria (including 1 diphtheric croup)
11
Membraneous Croup
3
Erysipeals
7
Scarlet Peter
47
Typhus Fever
0
Typhoid Fever
7
Relapsing Fever
0
Continued Fever
1
Puerperal
1
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