[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Guernsey.
- Guernsey (Channel Islands). Council.
- Date:
- 1907
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Guernsey. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Children were often kept at home when feverish and suffering from sore throat and rash, but sent back to school when the rash had subsided, thus tending to spread the disease among other scholars. Another commonly practised plan was to keep back bedding and clothes from being disinfected. The French population played an active part in keeping the epidemic alive, as on account of the fear of being sent back to their native country they would not apply to the Constables for the purpose of obtaining the services of the parish doctor. It would therefore be greatly to the advantage of the community generally if they were able to secure his services in the same way as the native-born pauper is able to do. Table VII. SCARLET FEVER CASES FOR 1907. Parishes. Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Tl. St. Peter-Port 22 ...12 ... 19... 7 ... 1... 2 ... 1 ... 2 ... - ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 .. 71 St. Sampson’s - ... - ... 3 ...16 ... 5 ... 6 ... 2 ... 2 ... 6 ...11... 4 ... 4 ... 59 Vale - ... - ... 3 ... 1 ... 6 ... 7 ... - ... - .. 2 ... 5 ... 5 ... 2 .. 31 Castel - .. - ... 1 ... 1 ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - .. - ... - . . - ... 2 St. Saviour’s - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... 1 ... - ... 1 St. Peter-in-the-Wood - ... - ... 4 .. 4 ... 4 ... 3 ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... 15 Torteval - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - . 0 Forest 1 ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... - ... 1 St. Martin’s 2 ... - ... - .. - ... - ... - ... - ... - .. - ... - ... 1 ... - . 3 St. Andrew’s 3 ... 3 ... 4 ... - ... - ... - ... - ... 1 .. - ... - ... - ... 5 .. 16 Total 28 ...15 ...34 ...29 ... 16 ..18... 3 ... 5 ... 8 ... 18 ... 12... ]3 ...199 ENTERIC FEVER, Ten cases of this disease were notified during the year, two of which were imported directly from France. The cases were fairly evenly distributed during the year, the usual autumn incidence not being observed. Two cases were l’emoved from the Town Hospital, a male and a female inmate being attacked, one in March and one in August; both contracted their sickness during their day out, but the most careful enquiry failed to trace the cause of their illness. Two cases were certainly due to having eaten infected molluscs both from the same source. In another case the drainage of the house concerned was in a most defective condition.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2926943x_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
