Dr. R. Deane Sweeting's report to the Local Government Board upon a re-inspection of Ilkeston Borough : with especial reference to the use of the hospital for infectious diseases there.

Sweeting, R. Deane.

Date:: 1911

Credit: Dr. R. Deane Sweeting's report to the Local Government Board upon a re-inspection of Ilkeston Borough : with especial reference to the use of the hospital for infectious diseases there. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$iufectious diseases which are usually isolated, viz., small-pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, aud enteric fever, or 4*7 per 1,000, is certainly excessive. Although voluntary notification of phthisis was not adopted by the town council until February, 1910, in 1908 eight cases, and in 1909 seven cases of this disease were admitted to the hospital for open-air treatment. Such use must of necessity have interfered with the use of the hospital for acute infectious disorders, since these could not, under the circumstances of this hospital, be admitted at the same time. Disinfection,—Sulphur fumigation is the usual mode employed, • though recently the formalin lamp has been used for better class houses. There is no proper dealing with clothing and bedding. The steam apparatus at the hospital has not yet been used for general purposes. With some enlargement, the station here might be adapted for the purposes of the whole borough. BoitouGH OF Ilkeston. Table (A) skoivimj certain vital statistics for the years 1902-9, compared with the averaye of the “ smaller towns ” for the sa^ne period. Year. ' Estimated Popula- tion. Birth-rate per 1,000. I Death-rate per 1,000. I Infant Mortality per j 1,000 Births. j Death-rates per 1,000 persons living from M o ft a ai j-i <D > Th S ifi .2 S A ■+3 ft s & CO 'In % % c3 8 .a 4i CS 5 bJO •3 ^ o 1” is 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 Average ) 1902-9 j 26,112 26,699 27,290 27,885 28,484 29,087 29,696 30,309 28,195 39-9 40 9 39-8 36*9 36’8 33-9 38-9 36-1 ^ 37-8 i 1 18*7 i 19-3 ' 18*0 15- 8 16- 2 18-3 16- 5 18-5 17- 7 164 192 180 153 180 159 151 188 171 0-04 1 0-07 004 0-02 0-19 0-07 0-22 0-11 0-21 0-03 0-10 0*57 0-41 0-11 0-04 0*18 0-17 0-13 020, 0-22 0-38 0-15 0-22 0-14 0-14 0-21 0-13 0-07 0-18 0- 15 1- 76 0-22 0-54 0- 07 1- 38 0*03 1-39 0-70 0-77 0- 97 1*24 1- 86 2-21 0-41 0-91 0-76 M4 0-75 i 0-91 j 0-11 0-11 0-55 0-37 0-20 0-37 Registrar-] General’s | Smaller [ Towns,'^ { 4,578,134 26-5 14-6 131 0-01 0-10 017| 0-10 j 0-31 0-54 0-25 Average 1 1 1 1902-9. J 1 j j The foregoing table (A), shows for each of ihe eight years 1902-1909 the birth-rate, general death-rate, infant mortality per 1,000 births, and the death-rates per 1,000 from the seven “ principal epidemic diseases ” of the Registrar-General. The * The “smaller towns,” of which Ilkeston is one, are, for the years 1902-9, those having a population of 25,000 to 50,000, and for the years 1904-'.', those having a population of 20,000 to 50,000 at the census of 1901.$