THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
A MATTER FOR ATTENTION.
[BY TELEGRAPH — SPECIAL TO THE TOST.] PALMERSTON N., This Day. Some months ago the Palmerston Borough Council dispensed with th.j dervices of the officer who, in addition to other duties, carried out the work of sanitary inspectoi. The nearest health officer is now at Feilding. One or two ca-ses' of scarlet fever and typhoid have occurred lately, and those whose duty it was to report the outbreaks under the Public Health Act found that the correct procedure was for the loc*! medical men to communicate with tho Health Department in Wellington, whence intimation is sent to the inspector at Feilding. Several days thus elapse before fumigation is undertaken, and no effort is made to trace infectious diseases to their source. It is felt that a resident inspector should be appointed, and that a week is too big a start to give an opidemic. Representations will probably be made to tho Borough Council on tho subject.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 140, 10 December 1909, Page 8
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