[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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    Improvemknts REQiJTRp]!).—No building byc-Iaws are in force in the district. The Medical Officer of Mealth considers the adoption of suitable ones to be urgently required. Suitable spraying ajq)aratus for disinfection. Steam disinfector. Improvements recorded as carried out in Avith. 1913 Report.—38 defective privies dealt WILLITON. RURAL DISTRICT. M.O.H., Dr. Vernon L. Ardagh. Sanitaiy Inspector, R. E. Jackman. Area, in acres, 99,511. Population.—Census 1911, 12,662. Estimated to middle of 1913, 12,774. No. OF Inhabited Houses, 3,112. New houses erected during the 3^ear, 31. Some vital Statistics for Seven Years. YEAR. Birth Rate. Death Rate. Phthisis Death Rate. Other Tubercular Diseases Death Rate. Rate of Infantile Mortality. 1907 19*0 15-1 0-74 0-16 48-0 1908 204 15-1 1-08 0-16 81.9 1909 18-7 14-5 1-24 0.00 62-7 1910 22-5 14-74 1-52 0-33 49-0 1911 15-95 12-47 0-87 0-58 80.0 1912 17-06 13-36 0-55 0-00 69-7 1913 19-55 14-01 1-02 0-00 76-0 Infectious Diseases.—Cases notified, 332. Scarlet fever, 35 ; diphtheria, 7 ; enteric fever, 0 ; erysipelas, 7 ; puerperal fever, 1 ; tuberculosis, 27 ; ophthalmia neona¬ torum, 0 ; measles, 255. Deaths from measles, 2 ; whooping cough, 0. Measles is notifiable and 255 cases Avere notified during the year. The most ex- tensiA^e outbreak aa^ts at Stogumber AAdth 139 cases, the outbreak being very sudden. The Medical Officer of Health advocates the provision of a nurse to Ausit cases. All notified cases of tuberculosis are visited. Disinfection after removal or death. Isolation Hospital.—Minehead and Williton (West) Hospital. Cases admitted— diphtheria 5, scarlet fever 26, puerperal fever 1. Water Su ppr.AV—District gumber, Porlock and combe and Porlock. Council has pro Added sup})lies to ivirishes of Mdlliton, Sto- Wootton Courtney. Improvements in })rogress for Tinibers- Com])laints of contamination at Bicknoller. Draina(;e and Seavacu: Disposal. Progress made in abolition of [)riA'V middens. Public Scavenginc None, except at Do\ erhay and Porlock.