[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorking R.D.C., Epsom R.D.C., Carshalton U.D.C., Dorking U.D.C., Epsom U.D.C., Leatherhead U.D.C.

  • Dorking (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorking R.D.C., Epsom R.D.C., Carshalton U.D.C., Dorking U.D.C., Epsom U.D.C., Leatherhead U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SCARLET FEVER. DIPHTHERIA. Houses. Gases. Removals. Houses. Cases. Removals. January 2 3 3 — — — February 1 1 1 — — — March I 1 1 2 2 1 April — — — - May 9 9 2 — — — June — — — 1 1 1 J >i> j — — — — — — August — — — 1 I 1 September ... 1 1 1 2 2 — October 3 5 5 9 9 7 November ... 5 5 4 5 7 4 December ... 2 4 3 2 3 2 17 99 20 22 25 16 After the removal or recovery of patients suffering from Sc arlet Fe'' Diphtheria, or Enteric Fever, tlie infected rooms were fumigated I)} tlie Inspector, and the walls were stripped and ceilings lime-washed, if necessary. Bedding and other articles likely to retain infection were removed to the Hospital and stoved in the Washington-Lj^ons disinfector. Disinfectants were provided and their use explained. Notice was given to the School Attendance Officer to exclude other children in the infected house from school for the necessary periods. I paid frequent visits to the Schools and examined children who had sus])icious symptoms, and also visited and examined absentees at their homes. On one occasion I found a child to be sulfering from Diphtheria, and on another occasion I found some children sutleriiig from Measles, before any cases of that disease had been reported to me in the District. ENTERIC FEVER. One case was notified; the disease was contracted abroad. DIARRHOEA. This disease caused the deaths of two infants in September and October, and of a child, aged 1 year, in October. MEASLES. With the exception of a case in May, no cases of this disease were re})orted to me among school children until the end of October, from which time the disease was prevalent until the close of the year; two deaths occurred in June and Julj^, and there were three deaths in November and one in December. The Camden Hoad Infants School was closed on my advice in November in consequence of the prevalence of this disease and of contagious Impetigo among the children. No case of Whooping Cough was brought to my notice. ERYSIPELAS. Eight cases were notified, but none of them ended fatally. TUBERCULOUS DISEASES. The deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Phthisis or Consumption) were 8 in number, and were at the rate of 0'84 per I'000 of the population, as against an average number of 0'87 for the preceding ten years. Two deaths were attributed to General Tuberculosis, one to Tuberculous Meningitis, and one to Tuberculosis of Glands. Deaths from Phthisis were at once reported by the Registrar to the Inspector, who offered to disinfect the rooms in each case, and carried out fumigation on four occasions.