[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough.

  • Chorley (England). Borough Council
Date:
1908
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    and the first half of 1907, has not been rife in 1908, and only one (1) Death has been reported during the year from this disease. Whooping Cough on the other hand has been very prevalent, especially in the earlier months of the year, and sixteen (16) Deaths in 1908 were attributable to this disease. As far as possible all children suffering from any Infectious Disease and, in the case of some diseases, all children from a family in which there is a case of Infectious Disease have been excluded from attending School, and I have to thank the Head Teachers of the various Schools for the efficient aid that they have afforded me in this matter. No Schools were closed in the Borongh on account of Infectious Diseases during the year. All houses from which cases of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Typhoid Fever have been notified, were fumigated and disinfected by your Officials, and all clothing and bedding, &c., were removed to the Steam Disinfector for thorough disinfection. Thirty-six (36) houses were fumigated and disinfected, and eight hundred and sixty-seven (867) articles of clothing and bedding disinfected during the year. I would like here to urge all those persons upon whom the duty of reporting Infectious cases is imposed by the Infectious Notification Act, to comply with the terms of the Act, and to send me “forthwith” any notification of Infectious Disease. Frequently during the year, 1 have received notifications some Mays, or even longer, after the identity of the Infectious Disease has been established, and in some cases only after Death has occurred. In order more effectually to ascertain the cause and to combat the spread of the disease, it is most desirable that your Officers should be informed of the existence of Infectious Disease without any delay after it is recognized. School Inspection.—The Education Administrative Prov- isions Act, 1907, came into force in the beginning of 1908, and the Chorley Education Authority appointed me Superintending Medical Inspector of School Children, and Dr. Webb Medical Inspector. I am making a report of the inspection of children just entering the school, [13]