[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset Council
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Some vital Statistics for Seven Years. YEAR. Birth Rate. Death Rate. Phthisis Death Rate. Other Tubercular Diseases Death Rate. Rate of Infantile Mortality. 1907 18-9 91 0.38 0.00 50.5 1908 18-3 12.4 038 0.00 729 1909 211 9.7 0.00 0-38 9.0 1910 160 11.4 0 56 0.18 95.2 1911 18 1 12.7 059 0.39 43.9 1912 18.5 13.3 0.00 019 64.5 1913 17-3 11-5 0.39 039 34.4 Infectious Diseases.—Cases notified, 49. Scarlet fever, 29 ; diphtheria, 5 ; enteric fever, 0 ; erysipelas, 1 ; puerperal fever, 0 ; tuberculosis, 12 ; ophthalmia neona¬ torum, 2. Deaths from Measles, 0 ; whooping cough, 0. Tuberculosis premises disinfected after death or removal with Izal spray. Diphtheria antitoxin supplied gratis to practitioners in district. Isolation Hospital.—In Shepton Mallet, joint with Shepton Mallet Rural. Opened during the year—21 cases admitted. Water Supply.—No information given. Drainage and Sewage Disposal.—Examination and repair of trunk sewer at Darshill and Bowlish. Sewer and surface water extensions at Charlton. Public Scavenging.—No information given. Housing.—Houses inspected, 119 ; houses closed, 12. Said to be no shortage of houses at the present time. Milk Supply.—Dairies, cowsheds and milk purveyors on the register, not stated ; no of cow-keepers on the register, not stated ; inspections made regularly. Meat Inspections.—Slaughter houses, 3 ; inspections made regularly. Factories and Workshops.—No. registered, 30 ; no. of bakehouses, — ; no. of out¬ workers, 0. Local Government Board Inquiries.—None. Adopted Acts.—Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890 (parts II and III) ; Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907 (greater portion of it) ; Infectious Diseases Prevention Act, 1890. Improvements required.—The Sanitary Inspector recommends that a short length of ]8in. trunk sewer be relaid at Bowlish. Improvements recorded as carried out in 1913 Report.