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Case of alleged Small-pox.
The Tuberculosis (Dispensary) Service.
"Following-up " in Tuberculosis.
Circulars 304, 307, 149, 30 T, 194, 257.
Administration and Practice at the Dispensary.
The Present Health and Position of each Tuberculous Ex-service
man in Deptford.
The Tuberculosis Dispensary and Ameliorative Agencies.
Cancer.
Conference on Venereal Disease at the Guildhall.
Food Preservatives—Boric Acid and Cream.
Food Poisoning and Food Infections.
The River Ravensbourne.
The Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
Health Week.
Diphtheria Anti-toxin.
Conference at Islington on Unsound Food.
The Guildhall Conference on Venereal Disease. It is estimated
that fully 40 per cent, of the patients enrolled at the V.D. Clinics do
not return for the full course of treatment, but leave off once their
immediate sufferings are ameliorated or abated ; they are therefore still
infectious. To a certain extent, therefore, money is wasted in that the
Clinics are not able to function fully owing to the modesty of their
patients. At one London clinic there were 3,834 new cases in 1921,
and 1,514 did not complete their course of treatment.
Syphilis is the third most destructive disease. The patients in
lunatic asylums suffering directly or indirectly from the results of this
disease cost nearly one-third of a million pounds annually. There are
200,000 fresh cases of the disease every year. It is imperative that this
disease should become compulsorily notifiable. In Western Australia
the disease is notifiable, but the names and addresses are not given.
The identity is disclosed only if the patient ceases treatment before the
infectious stage is passed. Court proceedings are taken in camera and
it is unlawful to report proceedings in any newspaper.
The Deptford Borough Council resolved that the Ministry of Health,
the London County Council and the other Borough Councils should be
asked to favour the proposal that compulsory notification should be established,
as in Western Australia, name, address and identity not to
be disclosed, unless treatment should be broken off before the infectious