[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham].

  • Lewisham (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
1876
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    18 vehicles, and the importance of the question whether such a means of spreading disease should not be prevented. 1800.—No vehicle has yet been provided for the conveyance of persons affected with infectious diseases. The street cabs are therefore still in use in this district, and must thus endanger the public health and tend to the spread of disease. 1867.—The only vehicle in this district for the con veyance of persons labouring under contagious disease is the property of the Board of Guardians of the Lewisham Union. Such a conveyance should be available at all times, in order to prevent the infection of the public cabs and railway car riages, which are at times used for such purposes. 1871.—A carriage has been purchased by the Board for the removal of patients labouring under infectious diseases. Vaccination. Vaccination.—I cannot too strongly urge the great importance of vaccination, and of re-vaccination. 1863.—In seven cases of small pox which have occurred within the last twelvemonths, I have clearly traced the infection to the house of the laundress. 1863. Four cases of small pox have occurred in one house, in West Kent Park, but the disease is not prevalent, and no deaths are registered from this cause. The presence, however, of the disease in other localities has had the effect of stimulating a large number of persons in the district to be vaccinated. A desire thus should be encouraged amongst others, as the presence of a number of unvaccinated persons in the district is certain to favour the spread of small pox. In case of small pox occurring, what remains to be done is to afford means for the conveyance, reception, and treat ment of persons suffering from this disease. This number of persons who have taken this disease in this district has been minute, but it is to be remembered that the danger in each case of allowing the patient to remain