HH62/2/LANARK/35

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[Page] 35

UPPER WARD.

PART I.

The chief matters of sanitary importance which have
occurred in the Upper Ward during the year 1891 have
been the appointment of the County Inspector, Mr. Duncan
Glen, who began his duties on 15th May; the adoption of
the "Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889;" the
consideration of Dairies and Cowsheds Regulations; the
appointment of officers under the Sale of Food and Drugs
Act; and the adoption of a scheme for supplying Law
District with water.

Compulsory Notification of Infectious Disease. -
The Notification Act came into force on the 13th of
July, since which period a total of 226 cases have been
reported, equal to an average of 9 per week, and at a cost
to the ratepayers of £27.*
The provisions of a measure like this on its first intro-
duction appear to many to involve considerable interference
with the liberty of the individual; but I entertain no doubt
that its advantages among a population so dependent upon
their freedom from anything likely to interfere with their
trade of dairy farming will become evident.

Hospital Accommodation. - Closely connected with com-
pulsory notification of infectious disease is the question of
hospital accommodation, and already considerable difficulty
is being experienced in such parishes as Carluke, Carstairs,
Carnwath, and others in isolating patients suffering from
infectious disease.

* Ten of the total number of cases were not notified by private medical
practitioners, some coming under the direct notice of the County Medical
Officer and of the Sanitary Inspector.