[Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Derby County Borough.

  • Derby (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1924
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Credit: [Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Derby County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of Derby were uri])r()tectecl against the disease, and the ehart aceonipanying the Report shows how readily the disease spreads among sehool children when introduced into one of our elementary schools ; it must be also remembered that not school children only are susceptible, for the ages of cases notified varied from 18 days to 79 years. I might also mention that none of the staff (nurses, wardmaids, medical officers, inspectors) developed the disease, although coming into frequent and intimate contact with small pox patients. In this connection, it might be mentioned that during 1924, fourteen of the nurses and members of the domestic staff of the Isolation Hospital developed Scarlet Fever or Diphtheria. The housing problein still remains outstanding in Derby, as in many other places. The progress that has been made in providing new houses under the Corporation’s scheme is indicated by the following figures :— {a) Number of houses completed under this scheme from August, 1919, to end of June, 1925 ... ... 940 [b) Number of houses in course of erection, June 30th, 1925 174 (c) Houses to be commenced in the near future ... 675 The natural increase in the population of the Borough during the three years 1922-24 was 3,385. This number at four and a half persons per house would require 750 houses. The great problem now is to accelerate the erection of dwellings, not only to relieve the overcrowding and distress of families who are unable to obtain houses, but also that we may deal with many insanitary dwellings which ought to be demolished. All the work in this din^ction has been held up for years owing to lack of other accommodation tor the dis-housed tenants of insanitary dwellings. 14is Worship the Mayor has put forward an urgent and eloquent plea for the mon; rapid provision of additional houses, even if the construction is of a m(jre or less temporary character, and in support