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Stress is also laid on the fact that the Notifications
are strictly confidential.
At present no arrangements have been entered into
by your Council for Sanatorium and Hospital accommodation,
but a project is on foot to utilise a portion of
the Small-Pox Hospital at South Minims for cases of
this nature. This District contributes towards the
upkeep of this Hospital, and would no doubt take advantage
of any arrangements which may be made.
In company with your Vice-Chairman, I attended
a meeting at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on April 28th,
1911, and various resolutions were passed dealing with
such matters as the provision of Antituberculous Dispensaries,
Sanatoria, Compulsory Notification of Phthisis,
and the utilisation of the Small-Pox Hospital at South
Mimms for cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. On the
25th day of May, 1911, the Local Government Board
issued a Provisional Order for altering certain Conferring
Acts of the Middlesex Districts Joint Small-Pox
Hospital Orders, 1905-1910.
This Order, among other things, provides that when
the Small-Pox Hospital is not required for the reception
and treatment of cases of Small-Pox, cases of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis may be admitted on the Order of a Constituent
Authority or of a Medical Officer of Health of
a Constituent Authority. The charges suggested
amount to 5s. for every day during which the patient
is in the hospital.
At the present time your Council provides for the
bacteriological examination of sputum. Handbills
giving instruction to persons suffering from Consumption
are also provided.
Utensils such as sputum boxes, paper handkerchiefs
and disinfectants can easily be supplied when necessary,
and temporary shelters with the necessary furniture
may have to be supplied in certain cases.