[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicestershire / County of Leicester County Council.

  • Leicestershire (England). County Council
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicestershire / County of Leicester County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Puerperal Fever. Measles. Death rate o. ] o. 16 Market Harborough has the pleasing record of not having had a case notified for three years. At Earl Shilton, in the Hinckley Rural District, 20 cases occurred early in the year as the result of drinking contaminated well water. The circumstances of the commencement of the out¬ break were dealt with in last year’s report. In the Market Bosworth Rural District cases were rather more numerous than last year, and the Medical Officer of Health says : — “ I am satisfied that owing to the very energetic and thorough man¬ ner in which privy pits have been abolished, and the water supply supervised during the past few years, we need not fear the spread of this disease as much as formerly.” The provision of Isolation Hospital accommodation for Typhoid cases, where in existence in the County, has been found most bene- cial, both in the treatment of the cases and in the prevention of the spread of the disease. Many of the Reports of the District Medical Officers of Health recommend that such provision should be made where at present non-existent. Puerperal Fever.— The cases of this disease notified during the year were slightly fewer in number than usual, there being 14 cases against 16 last year, and 17 in 1904. Nine of the cases occurred in the Rural Districts, and 5 in the Urban. It is to be hoped that a fuller and better control will be obtained over this disease after 1910, when it will be possible to have a better control over certified mid¬ wives than over all those women at present practising midwifery. Six cases proved fatal, being the same number as last year. The case fatality was nearly 43 per cent., as against 37'5 last year. The Mortality per 1,000 registered births was 0*95, which is the same as last year. Measles.— This disease is nowhere notifiable in the County except at Hinckley, where it was made notifiable towards the end of the year on account of the continued prevalence of Measles and Scarlet Fever in the town. Only one case was notified. Judging by the number of deaths which occurred, and the number of schools closed, the disease was much less prevalent than last year. Never¬ theless, the Death rate comes third on the list of the seven principal Zymotic diseases. Nineteen schools were closed for Measles alone as compared with 66 last year • three schools were closed for Measles and
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