[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire Council
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The zymotic death-rate was due to 4 deaths from whooping cough, i from diphtheria and 2 from enteric fever. The deaths from phthisis were only 3 compared with 14 in the previous year. Infections Disease. One case of scarlet fever, 6 of diphtheria, 2 of enteric fever, 3 of puerperal fever, and 2 of erysipelas were notified. The 2 cases of enteric fever were in one house and the infection was imported. Two of the cases of puerperal fever were fatal. One of the cases was attended by a midwife who had recently attended another case of puerperal fever in a neighbouring district. Highley Infants’ School was closed in February on account of whooping cough, Hopton Wafers was closed on account of influenza, Stottesdon for measles. Button Oak for mumps, and Highley Infants’ Department in September for measles. House Accommodation. Two hundred and twenty houses have been inspected and ii notices sent. There still remains a good deal of work to be done in order to get cottages in certain parts of the district into proper condition. Two cases of overcrowding were dealt with. Drainage and Scavenage. “ There is no alteration in the condition of things at Cleobiury Mortimer, and at Highley the suggested tank has not been introduced to intercept the solid matter.” Public scavenging is recommended for the town of Cleobury. Scavenging at Highley is now done more frequently. Water Supply. At Cleobury all the houses within a reasonable distance should be compelled to take the public supply. Much remains to be done with regard to the water supply of the district. Factories and Workshops. The places which come under this Act are duly visited. Dairies and Milkshops—nine milksellers on the register. The premises have been improved. Slaughter Houses—one—in good condition. CLUN (Rural). Medical Officer of Health .. .. M. Gepp, l.r.c.p.e., d.p.h. Area in Acres ' .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 82,206 Population at igoi Census .. .. .. 6,824 Number of inhabited Houses ,, .. .. .. 1,487 Ntimber of persons per house ,, .. .. .. 4.6 Physical Features and General Character. “ The Rural District is essentially a hill country, lying in the south-west of the County, and on the borders “ of Wales. Much of the District lies at an elevation of 1000 feet and ujnvards, especially in the northern and “ w'estern ])arts. The centre and south-eastern ))art consists of open valleys, at an elevation above Ordnance “ Datum of 400 to COO feet, and broken and divided by small groups of hills. The main structure is that of au “ old elevated table-land much dissected, weathered down, and glaciated.