[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The total number of specimens sent for examination in 1910 were 174 less than in the previous year. The chief reason for fewer specimens having been sent for examination in 1910 was that cases of Diphtheria were less prevalent. The arrangement with the Clinical Research Association to carry out the bacteriological work of the County Council came into force in April, 1910, and the work has been carried out quite satisfactorily. Recently it has been decided that the results of the examinations from cases of Diphtheria and Enteric Fever shall be sent by telegram in all cases ; previously this was only done when it was asked for by the Practitioner who sent the specimen. SPECIAL REPORTS AND SCHOOLS CLOSED. Special report by the Medical Officer of Health of the Pocklington Rural District on an outbreak of Enteric Fever at Shipton. Epidemics of the following infectious diseases caused— 21 schools to be closed on account of Measles. 8 ,, ,, ,, Diphtheria. 4 ,, ,, ,, Scarlet Fever. 12 ,, ,, ,, Whooping Cough. All the deaths from Whooping Cough, and one-half of those from Measles and from Diphtheria in 1910 were among children under five years of age. To try and protect young children against these infectious diseases, the Education Committee have adopted the rule that while cases of these diseases are prevalent among school children all infants under 5 years of age are to be excluded from school.
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