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* 27 of these cases were due to an infected milk supply.
‡ The combined districts.
The Infectious
Disease (Notification)
Act,
1889.
This Act was adopted and came into use
February 1st, 1890, and has worked satisfactorily,
especially in the matter of preventing extension
of Diphtheria. During these eight years it has
not come to my knowledge that any case of
infectious disease has been wilfully concealed, or
that there has been any objection made to notification,
notwithstanding that in a large number of
cases it has led to an inspection of premises, and
the discovery of sanitary defects necessitating
remedial measures. Removal of patients, mostly
children, to the Isolation Hospital, has been
seldom objected to, and the advantages are becoming
more appreciated as results are better
known, but the charges are heavy, and in many
cases found to be so burdensome that applications
are frequently made and complied with to have
them reduced or remitted altogether.
As at present fixed by the Provisional
Committee for administering the Isolation Hospital
at Tolworth, the following is the scale of
charges laid down based on the rateable value of
the house from whence the patient is removed.
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