Special report of the Medical Officer of Healh on an outbreak of scarlet fever, 1906-1907 / Glossop Urban Sanitary Authority.

  • Glossop (England). Urban Sanitary Authority.
Date:
1907
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Credit: Special report of the Medical Officer of Healh on an outbreak of scarlet fever, 1906-1907 / Glossop Urban Sanitary Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SPECIAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH On an Outbreak of Scarlet Fever, 1906-1907. PREPARED BY ORDER OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the Borough of Glossop. Gentlemen, A most disappointing thing it is for the Sanitarian, that when he has struggled for years to restrain Scarlet Fever, the result of his labours is that inflammable material is stored up in the form of sus¬ ceptible children, or even grown-up people, which breaks out into a blaze when a light in the form of infection has been applied to it. Unfortunately, notwithstanding the efforts made throughout the country, Scarlet Fever has not been brought into the same category as Small Pox, which affects only a small minority of the people. The efforts of the Sanitarian are not lost however, because if the invasion is delayed, some may have reached an age of insusceptibility, while others younger may have reached an age at which they are more able to bear up under the disease. The infection of Scarlet Fever is a very strong and persistent infection, and with the to and fro movements of modern life, it is of course impossible entirely to prevent access of infection.