[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Melton Mowbray R.D.C.
- Melton Mowbray (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1905
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Melton Mowbray R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[3] ' fever, and 32 chicken pox ; the deaths were 6 from diphtheria, two from scarlet fever, and one from erysipelas. Diphtheria was very prevalent in some parishes in 1904, and continued in odd mild cases throughout the winter of 1905. There was a case at Goadby Marwood in January, another at Eastwell in February, Long Clawson had four in March, Stathern had a casein April, May. and July, Hose 3 cases in May, Stapleford a fatal case in August, Eastwell a second case in August, Somerby had 7 cases from August to November, Cold Overton 2 in October, Harby 2 in November, and Scalford a fatal case in November. In some villages the outbreak was a recrudescence of the epidemic of the previous year, and in others the disease was clearly traced to trans¬ mission by persons or goods from within or without the district. Scarlet Fever 73 cases, 3 deaths. One or two cases occurred at Harby, Hoby, Kirby, Garthorpe, Branstone, Eastwell, Twyford, Knossington; but the places chiefly affected were Stathern, Asfordby and Somerby. At Stathern the main outbreak occurred from July to Septem¬ ber, and there was a total of 19 cases. There had been several mild cases which escaped attention before those notified to me in July. No special cause of the outbreak could be found beyond the ever- recurring nuisance from the pigs at Mr. Morris’ and the defective drainage, which have been so often brought to your notice. At Somerby there were 23 cases, the first of which was notified on March 18th, enquiries made during my visit to the village elicited the fact that ” sore throat with vomiting and feverish symptoms ” had been common in the village for several weeks prior to this. Several genuine cases of scarlet fever were not notified and the children were running the streets until their parents were threat¬ ened with prosecution. The school was closed for one month from March 31st, and the school pre-mises ordered to be disinfected and lime-washed. At Asfordby twelve cases occurred during the year ; the disease was never prevalent, but the village was never free from it during the whole year. There were 32 cases of Chicken Pox scattered over 14 parishes; the highest number being 6 in one family at Chadwell; the others were at Asfordby, Kirby, Ashby Folville, Barsby, Leesthorpe, Somerby, Scalford, Abb-Kettleby, Hose, Harby, Stathern, Eaton, Sproxton. The other prevalent infectious diseases were Measles at Old Dalby, Hoby, Waltham, &c. ; the school was closed at Hoby on this account for three weeks in June and July; and at Long Clawson](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29795850_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
