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Measles, Whooping-Cough, Chicken-Pox and Mumps.
These diseases occurring among school children are notified'
by the Head Teachers.
A Special Report upon Measles was presented to the
Council through the Health Committee, in December.
Arrangements have been made by the District Nursing Association
to allocate a nurse to attend cases of Measles in the event
of another outbreak.
Measures taken to prevent the spread of Infectious Disease.
The routine duties as to visitation, removal to hospital,
disinfection of dwellings and articles of clothing, and other procedure
in connection with any case of infectious disease
brought to the notice of the Health Department, were well
carried out by the staff during the year. The measures adopted
to prevent the spread of disease were fully described in my
Annual Report for 1906.
Prevalence of, and Control over
Tuberculosis.
Previous Orders of the Local Government Board, as tothe
Notification of Pulmonary Tuberculosis were:—
1. The Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations 1908,
which enforced notification of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
under Poor Law Officials.
2. The Tuberculosis in Hospitals Regulations (22nd March
1911), relating to patients attending Voluntary
Hospitals.
3. The Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations 1912,
making compulsory the notification of all cases of
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
On the 20th December, 1912, the Local Government Board
issued further Regulations, viz:—The Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations 1912, which came into operation onFebruary
1st, 1913, and consolidated and amended all
previous Regulations.