[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Repton R.D.C.

  • Repton (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Repton R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Diavrluva. Thi •e(‘ fatal oasen of ])iari ha3a ocoiii r(3(l, but only one (jf Infantile l)ia,rrlia'-a. Last August, and the thi-ee corresponding inontlis of the three previous yeai's, were all particnlaily wet months. jMiicli rain in summer is Ijeneticial fi'om a health [)oint of view, in that it alhiys dust, washes awa,y germs from the surface of the eai th, and fiuslies the drains. In 1 hese, ways much disease is prevtnited, especially summer Diarrhma,, which is so fr( (pumtiy caustul hv germ infected milk. Measles. At tl le beginning of the year, ]\Ieasle.s broke out amongst the children attending the scliools in the parishes of Egginton, Roslis- ton, Linton, and Willington. The schools were closed for four weeks. No deaths occurred. I Vll OOpil Ig C 01 Igll, Thei’e were three deaths from Whooping Cough. Two wei'e under one year of age, and one was six years old. This disease was not so prevalent as in the previous year. riitJiisis or Consiiinption of the Luiins. Nearly otie-seventh of the total deaths \vere du(3 to Phthisis. There wi-re 43 altogether : 28 died of (Consumption of the Lungs in the County Asylum, and 15 in other parts of the distilct. There were also 5 deaths from tuhei’cular diseas(3s of other oi'gans of the body. In September last, a coid'erence of rt'presentatives of the Health Authorities within the administi'ative County of Derby, was held at tlie County Offices, in Derby, in connection with the proposed Sanalorium foi- Consumptives. The nuieting was addressed by the (Chairman of the (lounty Council, and Dr. Parwisf',. It was stat(*d ; — That Consumption was frequently ctirahlo,, a.nd that it p)a,id the