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recommend to the Sanitary Committee that they should he
closed. These proceedings often undoubtedly entailed considerable
hardship on the people thus compelled to seek other
residences. In carrying out the Public Health Act, there were
many instances where its operations were severely felt, and while
administering it firmly and impartially we have always tried to
act as humanely as possible. We hope by the close of another
year to be able to report that the condition of every house in the
District has been put in a sound and permanent sanitary
condition as far as the drainage is concerned.
CHOLERA.
In consequence of a communication from the Local
Government Board, respecting a threatened outbreak of Cholera
in London, a met ting of the Sanitary Committee was held on
August 29th, when I placed the following recommendations
before them, all of which were adopted:—
I.—That the authorities at (iuy's and St. Thomas'
Hospitals, and the Managers of the Asylums hoard, be written
to with a view of ascertaining what Hospital accommodation
could be guaranteed in the event of an outbreak.
II.—That the County Council be communicated with, with
the view of ascertaining whether they would be disposed to grant
the use of the now disused Fire Station in Southwark Street, as
a Hospital in the event of such accommodation being required.
III.—That in the event of an outbreak, additional depots
for the supply of disinfectants be provided in the district.
IV.—That accommodation be provided 'sufficient for 20
persons whose houses may be undergoing disinfection, or in
whose houses there may he a patient suffering from Cholera who
cannot be removed, and when it is deemed expedient that the
healthy members of the household be isolated, or where persons
suspected of having contracted the disease could undergo the
necessary period of supervision.
V .—That if required, nursing aid should be provided.
VI.—That where a case occurred, the walls and ceilings
should be stripped and disinfected prior to re-occupation.
VII.—That all bedding and articles of clothing used by a
patient suffering from the disease, should be disinfected in the
Board's disinfector; and where, in the opinion of the Medical
Officer, the articles were so contaminated as to render it unsafe
that they should be restored to the owners, that we have power
to order their destruction, and either to compensate them or
supply their loss.