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With regard to the .samples of milk returned as adulterated
it is necessary to state that in several instances the
adulteration was to so small an extent, or so dubious, that
proceedings were not taken in respect of them. Of the
samples of sausage, the analyst reported all to be free from
anything injurious to health, and free from horse-flesh,
although the proportion of bread in two or t.hree instances
might be considered as excessive. The adulterated sample
of wThisky in respect of which a penalty was recovered,
was found to be 5 degrees below the prescribed standard.
As a means of checking the srnead of diseases
Notification of
Infectious
Diseases.
of a zymotic character, the Vestry in December
of 1888, unanimously adopted the principle that
medical practitioners should notify to the medical officer
of health of any parish concerned, all cases of infectious
disease coming to their knowledge, upon payment of a fee in
each case so notified. The invitation of the Vestry was
responded to in a very cordial manner by the medical gentlemen
practising within the limits of the parish. On the 30th
August, 1889, the Royal Assent was given to the Infectious
Disease (Notification) Act, which renders it obligatory upon
the part of every medical practitioner attending on, or
called in to visit a patient suffering from an infectious disorder,
as well as upon the heads of families, or the nearest
relatives, or in default of such upon any person becoming
aware of a patient so suffering, to notify the same to the
medical officer of health of the parish in which the case
occurs, under liability, on conviction, under the Summaiy
Jurisdiction Acts, to a fine not exceeding forty shillings,
the fee of two shillings and sixpence being with certain
exceptions adopted. The Act provides that the Metropolitan
Asylums Board is to recoup the local authority for all
expenses incurred thereunder, subject to certain stipulations.
Payments amounting to £62 were made to medical
practitioners for services rendered in the matter during
the year.