BOARD OF HEALTH.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2246, 10 May 1881, Page 3

BOARD OF HEALTH.

A meeting of the Board of Health was held at 1.30 p.m. yesterday. Present—Messrs Harman (chairman), H. J. Hall, Cuff, White, Boss, and Tancred. The Chairman reported that he had communicated with the Government on the subjects of dairies and reporting infectious diseases, as requested by the Board. A report was road from tho Medical Officer. Christchurch, May 9th, 1881. Sir, —1. I have the honor to report for your information that Leonard Stace, Heathcote, is registered as having died from typhoid fever on the 4th February, 1881, as also E. J. Gay, Sydenham, from the same disease on April 25th, 1881, and no report of snch cases have been made to the Board of Health. 2. J. W. P. Wiliamson was admitted into the Christchurch Hospital, and died there on April 23rd, the cause of death being registered diphtheria and croup, but the case has not been reported from the Hospital. 3. Three cases of scarlet fever have been lately reported to the Board from the Hospital 4. It tho Hospital has not a rnlo against the admission of diphtheria and scarlet fever patients into its wards, I would suggest that this Board; would urge upon tho Hospital Board tho necessity of making a rule to that effect, as the admission of such patients into a general Hospital is fraught with the greatest danger. I find that one of the patients, E. G. Peart, who recently died at tho Hospital from a throat affection, came from one of those houses in Kilmoro street belonging to the Church Property Trustees, with reference to which a strong complaint has been made to this Board that tho closet pans had been overflowing because they had been left unemptied through a dispute between the Trusties and tho City Council. I have, &c., Couutnet Nedwill, M.D., Medical Officer. The Ckairman Board of Health.

The clauses of the report were read seriatim, A conversational discussion ensued on clause I as to the power of the Board to enforce penalties in the case for non-roporting the infectious disease. It was ultimately resolved that the report of the medical officer be laid before the solicitor of the Board, and proceedings instituted against the two householders if he so advise. . On the suggestion of Mr Hall it was decided that a letter be sent to the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, calling attention to the death in the Hospital, from diphtheria or croup, of a patient, and pointing out that the case had not been reported to the Board of Health, as promised. On the motion of Mr Tancred, it was resolved to forward the clause of the report referring to the death in Eilmoro street to the City Council.

The Chairman said that he understood a mooting was to be held the next morning to consider the whole question of the cottages referred to.

The report as a whole was approved. This concluded the business of the Board of Health.