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in pronouncing the site in every way a proper one for the proposed
purpose. The same, however, could not have been said of
other sites that have been mentioned.
In inspecting the district at various times I have noticed
the practice of builders to erect rows of shops which are—in trade
parlance—afterwards completed to satisfy the requirements
of tenants. The practice is a bad one, and leads to the occupation
by milksellers, butchers, and other persons, of premises which
are not, sanitarily, suitable for the purpose to which they are put.
It is to be desired that no shops should be erected which
may be used for certain trades, unless the Sanitary Authority is
first satisfied that the proposed structures will admit of the fulfilment
of all sanitary requirements.
Early in the year an outbreak of Diphtheria occurred in
Barnes that was found by the acting Medical Officer of Health to
be modified by School Influence. School closure was in consequence
enforced with satisfactory results.
Later, having occasion to inspect the Board Schools in
Barnes, certain sanitary defects were found which, as soon as the
Board were made acquainted with, were remedied. Since then no
Diphtheria has occurred due to "School Influence." Three brief
outbreaks have, however, since occurred in part of the Westfields,
Barnes. These were promptly terminated by extra flushings of
the drains. It was the occurrence of these cases which led to the
report being called for that has already been referred to. It is
hoped that the measures to be proposed will prove adequate in
the coming year Most other cases of Diphtheria have been
sporadic. Some have been imported; in others a connection has
been traced with insanitary conditions of domestic origin. In the
early part of the year cases of Scarlet Fever were few; but in the
later months many more were notified. Not a few times the