[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Hinckley U.D.C.

  • Hinckley (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Hinckley U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Measles Pertussis. I liese cases were spread over most of the vear “Vn preOilictio,, for an, special time of \eai ( ases have cropped up m all quarters of the Preeauti ^ ^ '°° h'dS b°T' utt:lcked ™ore than another. I recautiou lias been taken m having the schoo's thoroughly disinfected during the holidays, but in most oontagion 10 ' ^ U° <loubt beeu spread by direct Enteric Fever. . 1 J^re was only one case of Typhoid Fever notified curing the past year- as against 2 cases in 1904. This was not attributable to the water or milk supply, and no insanitary condition could be found to account for it. As this disease is not notifiable it is quite impos- s lde to give an adequate guess of the number of cases, suffice it to say that as the number of deaths were 9 i e hree times more than m 1904, the disease must have been very prevalent. Death in most eases was due to chest complications, and all in children under five vears of age. ^ n)p., rTblS crue] ‘™d dangerous infectious disease I am pleased to report did not make its appearance into any rver^recorded 6nCe *”*« *he pas* »» ^ This disease, like measles, is not notifiable. „ n 1‘l0st chills and colds are designated under the name of Influenza It is difficult to state how many cases HnweLthr have bee.n durin* the past year However, two deaths were registered, as against three in . . jheie \\eie 122 cases of Scarlet Fever received into this institution last year, as against 27 in 1904 Of Ihese <S were sent in from Hinckley Urban District here were altogether 4 deaths, 2 of these being from ILimkley Ihe death rate of cases isolated was 3.2 per 'cut., and having had occasion to visit the Hospital on many occasions, and knowing the severity of the cases t iat were received, and the numerous complications that followed the disease, I consider the death rate very low indeed. It is pleasing to note that the Joint Hospi¬ tal ( ommittee have decided to erect a permanent ad¬ ministrative block during the coming year. There were 4 deaths from Diarrhoea and 7 from Hn tenths registered during the past, year, as against 2 Horn these diseases in 1904. Influenza. Isolation Hospital. Diarrhoea and Knteritis.
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