[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury (Union) R.D.C.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Notifications of Infectious Diseases.—By a Local Govern- ment Board Order, dated January 7th, 1919, the following diseases were made notifiable from March 1st, 1919 : Malaria, Dysentery, Trench Fever, Acute Primary Pneumonia, and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia. 26 cases of the ordinary infectious diseases were notified during the year, compared with 29 in 1918. In addition to these there were 107 cases of Measles or German Measles, 8 cases of Acute Primary Pneumonia, 5 cases of Influenzal Pneu- monia, and 2 cases of Malaria. Bolli of these latter were in men who had first contracted the disease while serving abroad in the Army. As regards Tubercular Diseases 18 cases were notified, as compared with 22 in 1918. Of these 14 were of the lungs and 4 of other parts. Removal to Hospital.—11 cases in all were removed to the Institutions of the Bury and District Joint Hospital Board, of these 7 were suffering from Scarlatina, 1 from Diphtheria, and 3 from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. The following Table shows the distribution of the cases in O the various localities : Locality c P-i ~ > <u yg S c ^ • r-H cn x Ordinary Infectious ('uses u: 02 ' eg i <u > CD eg O CA en CD ■+J H H 2 Ainsworth 1866 45 3 Birtle-c-Bamfrd 1578 4 1 Outwood 2080 36 6 Unsworth 2558 22 2 W almersley-c- 618 - Rhuttleworth Total... 8700 107 ]2 12 03 eg Id • fH 02 S-i 02 02 H 5-. 02 1 l| J— 1- cg O eg 02 02 eg r ■ 1 eg <3 5 — 4 2 eg -«-=> O Eh a> ft a; co r X O 1 5- Ctf HH CO O 55 12 51 31 O ^ •-J3 £ s i V 2 M £ 21 113 2 149 6 8 11 p. c ^ Ps O 02 H o 5-i aj 02 £ PH * 2-9 “7 2 4 11 1-7 j Tuberculosis Cases Pulmonary *2 Tubrculosis Other Tub. Diseases Total Tuberculosis cases removed 1 to Sanatorium Per cent, of Tuberculous cases to Pop. 3 3 1 •16 4 1 5 1 •81 2 2 4 1 •19 5 1 6 1 •23 14 4 18 4 •20 1 Water Supply.—Nearly the whole district is served by Water Boards which provide a constant supply. Many of the farms and some of the outlying portions of the district have private supplies. The Boards that serve the district are the Bury