[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'kirs Otitis .Media ... IS rCorneal Ulcers 16 I’ha's Inflammation of Conjunctiva 49 L blepharitis and Hordeola 1 1 rp, , rj'onsillitis and Sore Throat... 1 liroat < ; 36 L.Hnlarged Glands 16 \’aecination 1 1 Sores ... ... -... 19 Bronchitis 6 Rheumatism... .3 Xasal Catarrli o Tuh(‘rculosis 7 Kpilepsy 3 .Anaemia 1 ('horea 6 .Mastitis 2 .Misc(‘llaneous 93 Total 693 6. Infectious Diseases. The table found on Page 41, gives aji analysis of the ima'dence of the infeetions diseases i?i various se!io(»ls. ’’J'he salient fealiii’e of this is the ]ire\'alenee of Smallpox at Clirist Churcli Seliool idiiefly among the younger ehildren. 'Flu^ disease was first detected at the beginning of June. Pi'ompt precautions were ado])ted by the i\r('dic;al Onic' r u{ Ih alth. w ith tlu^ result tliat the iiieidenee \\ as kept extremely low. The classes affected wer(' ])raelieally unvacf inated, and this fleficicno}' was promptly to a large extent nmiedk'd. .V fui'ther threat from the same source-, hut in a elilTei-emt class, on the last da.\'of (ho tcian preceding the. summer holidays was erpially (Jficiently warded off. During the 3 months following the detection of the original cases, the Head Master of t'hrist Church School renfk-red invalual)le aid to the .staff by his great care with sus]»ects. The school nursing