[Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Pudsey Borough.

  • Pudsey (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1895
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Credit: [Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Pudsey Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Small-Pox.—There was no case reported during the year. Piidsey Vaccination Returns for the Year 1894. Number of Births registered from Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st. Successfully Vaccinated. 1 1 Insusceptible, ' Dead Unvaccinated. Postponed by . Medical Certificate. ' 1 (A) Removed to Places. Not finally accounted for. (D) 1 Percentage of j Un vaccinated children inciiid-! ing columns ' A. B. C. D. Known. (b) Unknown (C) 369 310 2 32 5 4 16 0 6.7 This Table, when compared with the number of Un-vaccinated Children, 11-6 p.c. in 1890, 12-7 p.c. In 1891, 10-4 p.c. In 1892, and 7-2 In 1893, shows an Improvement. Enteric Fever,—The cases reported were sporadic, with the exception of three, that broke out in a house in which the drainage was bad; and sewer gas escaped into the house from the main sewer. Each case treated at home was provided with fever pails and disinfectants. Scarlet Fever.—A few cases were reported in January, April, July, August and October. The type was mild, and the disease did not spread beyond the first cases. Measles.—A few cases came under notice in March, July and August. Whooping Cough.—This disease has caused suffering and anxiety in a large number of households although no death was registered from it during the year. There were a few cases in the spring ; it broke out again in October, the number increased during November, and in December it became epidemic. There is a general impression that this disease is a trivial one and needs little care, and so not even ordinary precautions are taken to prevent the spread of it. Whooping Cough is a very fatal, highly infectious com¬ plaint. The infection not only can be spread by the patient, but can be carried in the clothes of other people living in the house and of visitors, hence a child who has not whooping cough himself may carry it to school if any of his family have it. The infection is persistent and after the disease shows itself lasts six or seven w^eeks.
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