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advantageously sprinkled at night on the floors of
bars of public houses, railway station offices, and
similar places, and swept out every morning. On a
death from Consumption, or indeed any of the
notifiable infectious diseases, a special intimation is
sent by the Registrar to the Medical Officer of
Health, and the house where the death has occurred
is visited and an offer made to disinfect the room
and to do what is necessary ; but in many instances
not much is required to be done owing to the more
cleanly practices prevailing and to the adoption of
the fresh-air treatment. But if a case is reported by
the certifying medical practitioner as having been in
his experience exceptionally dangerous to subsequent
occupiers of the room, and that disinfection is
urgently required, then compulsory measures would
be taken if any difficulties were thrown in the way—
a thing which it is difficult to conceive as likely, but
is certainly possible.
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
This heading accounts for no less than 23
deaths from Bronchitis, 10 from Pneumonia, and 4
from various other diseases Many of these cases
are secondary to other complaints, but of the 23
Bronchitis cases 16 were in persons of 65 years of
age and upwards. As is generally known, it is one
of the deadliest illnesses for the aged in the winter
and early spring months.
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