[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Brentwood U.D.C.

  • Brentwood (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Brentwood U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TUBERCULOSIS. The following- table gives particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from the disease during the year 1925. New Cases Deaths Age Periods Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary NonPulmonary M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 5 Years, under 10 1 1 1 — 1 — — — 10 „ „ 15 — — — 1 — — — — 15 „ „ 20 — 1 — — — 1 — — 20 „ „ 25 — — — 1 — — — — 25 „ „ 35 1 85 „ ,, 45 1 — — — 1 — — — 45 „ „ 55 2 — — — — — ■— — Totals 5 2 1 2 2 10 0 There were ten cases of tuberculosis notified during the year, namely, seven pulmonary and three non-pulmonary. Of these there were three deaths from pulmonary tubercle, one of which occurred outside the district. The above resume of the sanitary condition of the district and the mortality and sickness statistics are on the whole satisfactory, but circumstances over which we have no control may occur any year, and cause excessive mortality from many diseases. However, sani- tation has been advancing slowly but surely, and the increased knowledge, especially of the part played by bacteria in the causation of disease, has shown that many diseases, not of an infectious nature in the popular acceptation of the term, are due to these minute organisms invading the system. So long as the body remains in a perfectly healthy condition, the bacteria are to a large extent harm- less and infection is resisted. Bacteria thrive best in the absence of light and in the presence of dirt. Everything therefore which pro- motes cleanliness and lets in the sunlight and fresh, air, tends to produce conditions which not only diminish the number of bacteria, but also favour bodily health and vigour, thus rendering the whole system more capable of resisting infection. Finally, I have to thank Mr. Meeson for his assistance at all times and especially in the preparation of this report, and you. Gentlemen, the Chairman and Members of the Council, for the courtesy which I invariably receive from you in the discharge of my duties. I have the honour to be. Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant, SAMUEL FRAZER, Medical Officer of Health, May, 1926. U.D.C. Brentwood. [13]