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who agree that precautionary measures are desirable;
also the adoption of such precautionary measures,
including the disinfection of rooms, as can be arranged
in conjunction with the medical practitioner."
Cancer
Was the cause of five deaths, which is a decrease of
three on the previous year.
Influenza.
This is a disease which has reappeared among
us during the last few years, having caused in London
daring 1893 1,526 deaths. A few cases have occurred
during the year, of a mild character, without any
fatal results. It is a disease which our sanitary
authorities have taken no cognisance of, and for which
there is not even a column in the tabular form issued
by the Local Government Board for Medical Officers
of Health to use.
Isolation Hospital.
With regard to the proposed erection of a hospital
for this parish for the isolation of cases of infectious
disease. I consider it is a subject for regret that the
conjoint scheme for the three parishes of Chiswick,
Acton, and Hanwell fell through after numerous
meetings and a prolonged Local Government Board
Enquiry. It is simply by the provision of a hospital
of this kind that we can hope to deal successfully with
epidemics such as that of 1893, and it is only by the
prompt isolation of early cases that we can expect to
prevent an extension of infectious disease.
It is a matter of importance that the attention
of Sanitary Authorities should be called to the real
value of these hospitals as an important part of the