[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (2) 'I'lie \vii\ to kee]) fit is to cultivate bealtby and regular liabits, to eat good food, ajid to avoid fatigue, cliill and alcobolisin. MealtJiy living does not of itself ensure against attack, but it makes the patient better able to witbstand tbe complications wbicb kill. (d) 'file early symptoms of Influenza are usually those of a feverisb cold. Tbougb tbe actual cause of the Disease is unknown, we do know that it is ra{)id in onset, that it is most infec- tious in tbe early stages, and that it is sjiread by discharge from the mouth and nose, and that it kills mainly by its complications. Every jierson suffering from the Disease, no matter how mild the form, is a danger to others, and should be kept in bed for a few days. TUBERCULOSIS. The number of cases notified under the Tuberculosis Act was 39—23 males and 10 females, excluding 4 military cases and 13 school children. Numbers stationary: 34 Pulmonary, and 5 Non-Pulmonary. 10 received Sanatorium treatment, 16 Disjjensarv treatment, and 16 Domiciliary treatment. Out of the notified cases of 1919, 8 died—.5 females and 3 males; 6 males and 2 females were arrested, and 23 benefited. As regards the treatment of Tuberculosis: (a) The Canterbury Tuberculosis Dispensary con- tinues to do a large amoimt of valuable woik in the diagnosis and treatment of Tuberculosis. (/») 'file Leuham Sanatorium is completed, and is now open for male patients, 'fhe City have 10 beds in this Institution. I have visited all the notified cases in their home.s monthly, and gave directions as to precautions to be taken to ]irevent the infection spreading, and have had any sanitary defects in the home remedied. fc) The iNIale and P’emale Shelters at the I'nion are being used with gocxl effect. ('/) Institutional treatnu'ut for advanced cases is much needed as a preventative, these being more infectious than early cases, and the Small Pox Hosjiital would be an ideal place for these cases, with shelters erected if it could be staffed.