The sixth annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1894.

  • Woolwich (London, England). Local Board of Health.
Date:
1895
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Credit: The sixth annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1894. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10 into the system causes those after symptoms with which we are familiar, such as paralysis and the like. From the satisfactory statistical evidence forth coming it is sincerely to be hoped that in the antitoxic serum treatment a remedy has been found for this serious disease, and it is satisfactory to note that the Metropolitan Asylums Boards have taken every step necessary to ensure that right conclusions may be arrived at on this important subject. One thing, however, still remains to be done, and that is to give the Medical Practitioners of a district facilities for knowing by Bacteriological exam ination whether or not they are dealing with cases of Diphtheria; doubtless many cases of sore throat of a Diptheritic nature escape notice for some time, during which the patient may be infecting other persons. The Local Government Board have recently made arrangements by which Medical Officers of Health may obtain information of this nature in the earlier cases of any given outbreak, but it is not the Medical Officers of Health who want the facilities but the ordinary Medical Attendants in a district. It is to be hoped the Metropolitan Asylums Boards will seek legislative powers to carry out this useful work, for although from a certain standpoint it is desirable to examine such cases before admission to the Metropolitan Fever Hospitals, it is of greater importance from the point of view of the prevention of disease to give facilities for such examination in the case of ordinary sore throat with the view of isolating the case, if diptheritic, at the earliest stage and thus by prevepting attendance at school, and in other ways, seek to diminish the prevalence of this formid able complaint. Small Pox was notified 15 times, by the prompt removal of the cases to Hospital and by the adoption of all proper measures the disease did not spread. The cases were notified as follows:— Arsenal Sub-District. Dockyard. Sub-District. January 1 February 2 1 March 1 April 2 May 4 July 1 September 3 9 6