[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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    ( ^4 ) The number of patients remov ed from each District during the year Was as follows :— Dorking Dorking Total in Total in Total in Rural. Urban. 1908. 1907. 1906. Scarlet Fever 18 52 70 43 27 Diy^htheria 3 3 6 4 4 Total 21 55 76 47 31 There was one death in the Hospital from Scarlet Fever and one from Diphtheria. After the removal or recovery of eacli patient suffering from Scarlet Fever or Diphtheria, the infected rooms were fumigated by tlie Inspector and were subsequently stripped and cleansed, if necessary, by the owner. Disinfectants were supplied and tlieir use was ex[)lained to the occupiers. Bedding and other articles likely to retain infection were removed and stoved in the Thresh’s Disinfector at the Isolation Hospital. I paid frequent visits to the Schools attended by tlie ]3atients and examined children suspected to be suffering from tlie infections disease, eitlier at the Scliools or at their homes. Mr. Fuller, the Sanitary Ins])ector, who is also School Attendance Officer, excluded children from infected houses for the times specified by me. MEASLES AND WHOOPINO COU&H. Outbreaks of Measles were reported at Holmwood and Abinger in the autumn. The Schools at North and South Holmwood were closed for short periods on my advice. There was an outbreak of Whooping Cough at Capel in Feliruary, which necessitated the closure of the Infants School. Outbreaks were also reported at Ockley in May, and at Holmwood in June and November. No death was attributed to either of these diseases. DIAREHCEA. There was no death from Diarrhoea or Enteritis. TUBERCULOUS DISEASES. The deaths from Pulmonaiy Tuberculosis (Phthisis or Consumption) were 10 in number, and were at the rate of 01)8 per 1,000 of the population, which is about the average rate for the District for the preceding ten years. The deaths of two young children were attributed to Tuberculous Meningitis, and there was one death from Laryngeal Tuberculosis. Deaths from Phthisis were reported by the Begistrars to the Sanitary Inspector, wdio offered to disinfect the rooms in each case, but this was done on one occasion only. INSPECTIONS AND NUISANCES. The Sanitary Inspector continued his inspections of cottages in each parish in the District, and dealt with the nuisances that he discovered, as set out in his report on page 28. In the course of a house to house inspection which I made at Holmwood, I found a considerable number of cottages that required cleansing, but no other defects of importance.