[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

  • Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I»rc\'(‘nt;i1)lc, actcording to tin- pivscnt istaU- of niir kiiowlcdgo. It is not too mucli to hope. t])at ii) the near fiilnn^ Tnhf-rculosiH will cease to figure in this list. In 11)27 a regi.st.er wa.s k< pt of cliihlren siilhuing from any Rheu- matic eomlilion oj' organic disorder of the lieart no matter how sliglit. 'Phere were 73 names on this register at the end of the year, and the conditions elicited wtae- as under ;— IIk.vkt Disk.ask— Disease of juitra.! valve ... ... 32 Di.sease of aortic valve ... ... 0 Dise.a.se of both valves ... ... I (.'ongenital le.sjons ... ... ... 8' Organic Ifeart Disease' and Chorea ... 1 (.'horea (l)ut no heart disease) ... ... 14 8tdt-acutc Rheumatism (“ Growing j)aius,’' etc.) ... ... ... ... 4 Ifistory of Rheumatism, but uo defect ... 13 Total 73 Three ciiildrcn died of Heart Disease during the; year, an iudic'ation of the early and continual toll taken by Mheumatism and it.s as.soeiated attaek.s on cute of the vital organs. Exclusions from Schoal. Tuo reasons opmate in this action of the School )\redical OHicer. Firstly, the po.ssibility of infection I'eing spread to other children, and sec(/ndly. (he incapacity of the child for being educated b}- icason of the defect. FXCLL’SIO-NS FROM SCHOOL. ''Impetigo Eczema and Dermatitis Scabies Herpes Zoster ... j Urticaria Papulosa I Favus ... I Ringworm of Seal]) LRing'vorm of Flesh 313 10 o 20 JO 21