[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Knaresborough U.D.C.
- Knaresborough (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1903
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Knaresborough U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1901. ] 903. 7 1902. Phthisis and j | Other Tubercular Diseases' 10 ... Il2 Erysipelas 0 ... 0 Influenza 0 ... 5 Puerperal Fever 0 ... 1 4 0 3 0 The total number of deaths from preventable diseases was 24, as against 34 in 1902, and 38 in 1901. Phthisis and other tubercular diseases account for 11 deaths, this being one less than in 1902. Measles accounts for 5, and was present in epidemic form in the summer, and the schools were on that account closed for 10 days longer than the summer holidays, i.e., from July 18th to July 27th. Owing to the coolness of the summer and the abnormal rainfall, diarrhoea and enteritis account for much fewer deaths than in many previous years. Although no deaths in the District are attributed to small-pox, two cases occurred, and of these one died after removal to the Isolation Hospital. The latter case occurred in a servant at the Grammar School. All the inmates of the house were promptly re-vaccinated, also the day scholars, with the exception of one or two who had been re-vaccinated the year previous. The room the girl had occupied at the commencement of her illness was thoroughly disinfected, and her clothing destroyed, with the happy result that no other case arose from this one. The other case was, no doubt, contracted out of the town. The patient was promptly removed to the Isolation Hospital, all his relatives who had been in contact with him were re-vaccinated, and the house disinfected, and the bedding destroyed.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29538853_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
