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should be expunged from the Infectious Diseases
Notification Act. The Vestry, however, have
followed the advice of their Medical Officer, who
stated that he disagreed with the views of the
Vestry of Chelsea in this matter, and thought it
important to the health of the Parish that Erysipelas
should be notified, and they therefore passed a
resolution disagreeing with the suggestion of the
Chelsea Vestry.
The Vestry have also had before them a communication
from the Vestry of St. Margaret, Westminster,
suggesting the desirability of taking steps
to obtain the classification of measles as a disease
to be notified. The Medical Officer of Health
having expressed the opinion that the mere notification
of cases of measles would be of no practical
benefit to the public generally, the Vestry decided
that no action be taken thereon.
In February, 1892, the Vestry had before them a
communication from the Local Government Board,
forwarding copy Memorandum issued by them with
reference to the then prevailing epidemic of
Influenza, and recommending isolation and disinfection
in certain cases. The Medical Officer of
Health stated that there was at present a great
difference of opinion as to influenza being a contagious
or infectious disease, and it was not included
under the diseases mentioned among those to be
notified in section 55 of the Public Health (London)
Act, and the Vestry therefore took no action thereon.
Among the details of the sanitary administration
of the Parish may be mentioned a request, with
which the Vestry complied, by Mrs. Hawthorn,
Hon. Superintendent of the Clerkenwell Branch of