[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, St Ives (Hunts.) U.D.C.
- St. Ives (Cambridgeshire, England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1903
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, St Ives (Hunts.) U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![certainly owe an entire absence of gastric and enteric disease. At the same time the hours of sunshine as registered in London for the year were above the average. The actual rainfall in the town was 27*57 inches, as against 1771 in 1902, and 18*49 ]n 1901. INFEC TIOUS DISEASE.—Two cases of Small Pox, one of Diphtheria, and nine of Scarlet Fever have been notified. Last year I said we might expect a case of Small Pox, and that we hoped we were prepared for it. The first case occurred in May, all preparations were made and it was isolated in our railway vans, with two nurses, the day after the notification was received. Unfortunately the man suffered from complications and he died. All the arrange¬ ments were carried out satisfactorily, and the unfortunate issue was in no way due to the removal. The altered railway van and huts were most satisfactory, a great improvement on the previous plans some years ago ; there was no difficulty in heating, but a canvas awning had to be erected to keep the van cool during fhe heat of the day. It is a plan much superior to the usual isolation in tents. The second case was a mild one of a modified form derived from the first, partially but not completely protected by vaccination, the operation having apparently been per¬ formed a day too late for complete protection. At the time it seemed probable the infection was caught at a Fair at Market Harboro’, but in the light of the subsequent very serious epidemic at Cambridge which was then going on undetected it is more probable that our attacks were connected with this. I am perfectly satisfied with our means of dealing with any case of Small Pox which may arise. Vaccination of all those who came in contact with the case was freely performed, and was effectual except in the one case noted above. The nine cases of Scarlet Fever were of a mild type, and it is very evident that there were others which escaped notice from their mildness, many of the cases having been found only on examining other members of a family in which a more severe case had occurred. It was prevailing simultaneously in one of the villages, but the connection between the cases could seldom be ascertained. THE ISOLATION HOSPITAL at Huntingdon was used for five out of the nine cases of Scarlet Fever. The other four were effectually isolated at home, occurring as they did in one family.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30250602_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
