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Metropolitan Borought (continued)—
Number where system of voluntary notification not in force 8
Number from which replies not received 1
Of the 20 Boroughs where voluntary Notification in force 9
spoke favourably of the system and 3 unfavourably.
Three of the 8 Boroughs where voluntary notification not in
force have the subject under consideration.
Towns out si!e the Metropolitan Area—
Number of queries sent out 47
Number where system of voluntary notification in force 11
Number where sysiem of voluniary notification not in force 33
Number of towns from which replies not received 3
Of the 11 towns where voluntary notification in force 2 spoke
favourably of the system, 5 unfavourably, and 4 expressed no opinion.
Ten of the 33 Towns where voluntary notification not in force
have the subject under consideiation.
A conference between the Sanitary Committee and the Wimbledon
and District Medical Society was held at the Town Hall on
July 7, when the recommendations set out in the report were
considered seriatim and the resolutions passed were briefly as
follows:—
(1) That a system of voluntary notification of phthisical cases be
adopted for 3 years, and that the members of the Medical
Society pledge themselves to use their best endeavours to
ensure its success, provided
(а) that a separate register of phthisical cases notified be kept,
(b) that each notification be regarded as confidential, and
(f) that the Sanitary Department take no action unless at the
request or with the approval of the doctor notifying.
(2) That bacteriological examinations of sputum in suspected
cases should be made at the cost of the Local Authority.
(3) That disinfection be carried out by the Sanitary Department
at intervals, as circumstances require, of bedding used and
rooms occupied by phthisical patients, upon request.
(4) That pamphlets on the prevention of Consumption and
suggestions for the guidance of consumptive patients be
prepared by the Medical Officer of Health in conjunction
with the President and Secretary of the Medical Society,
printed at the cost of the Sanitary Authority and that the
same be handed to the medical practitioners for distribution.
The Sanitary Committee at their meeting on July 12th, agreed to
the foregoing resolutions and the Council at its next meeting ordered
that a voluntary system of notification of Pulmonary Phthisis or