[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Ormesby U.D.C.

  • Ormesby (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1903
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Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Ormesby U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    List of Infectious Cases notified during 1903. Total. Quai* ter End in Ages in Yeai'S. 11)02. Disea.'^e. M ar. 31. .lime 30. Sep. 3(1. Dee. 31. Total. 1 to 5. , 5 to 15. 15 to 25. 25to(), 7 .., Enteric Fever 0 •> ... 2 . .. 4 .. . 1 .. . 10 .. — ... d 2 5 Id ... Erysipelas .. . 4 ... 1 . ., 1 . . 2 .. . 8 .. — ... 1 ... — . s* / 12 .. Diphtheria .. , 0 ... 1 . .. 0 .. . d .. . 10 .. 5 ... 1 ... d . .. 1 ()9 ... Scarlet Fever 0 ... 1 . .. 1 .. 5 .. . Id .. 9 ... 2 2 .. — 0 .. Small Pox .. 0 ... 0 . . 1 .. . 0 .. . 1 .. — ... — ,.. —■ . .. 1 101 19 5 i 11 42 14 7 i 14 INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The iiuml)er of notifications received during the year was 42 compared witli 101 for last yeai\ The Zymotic deatli rate was sliglitly liigher than 1902, due chiefiv to an outbreak of Measles, but the Zymotic death rate is of little value in estimating the healthiness of a district since it is composed of several diseases, each with a separate predisposing cause. An outbreak of Measles or Whooping Cough for instance, may occur iu the most sanitary district, and if cold weatlier and insufficient nursing attends it, many cases are sure to end fatally from lung complications. An excessive deatli rate from Phthisis (Consumption) is a much safer indication of unhealthiness, showing as it does, insufficient light and fresh air in dwellings, worksho[)s, etc. The past summer with its heavy rainfall and low temperature was con¬ ducive to a low death rate from Infantile Diarrhoea, but nevertheless many deaths occurred from sirnilai* gastro-intestinal disorders, which in my opinion was largely due to the method adopted of storing refuse in close proximity to dwelling houses, allowing food in the pantries to become contaminated 1)}-^ effluvia and flies. Typhoid fever is often spread in the same manner, the bodies and legs of dies con¬ veying the <leleterions bacilli from excremental matter to the food supply. We have been fortunate during the last veai* in lieing able to isolate at home nearly .all the cases notified. This, however, cannot be done in all cases especially during an e])ideniic, tlierefore it is of the utmost importance that some ari'angement oi‘ provisi(jn be made foi* the Hospital Isolation of infectious cases.
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