[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

  • Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Smallpox. One t'asc of SinalI]X)\ was notifud during the year. ‘This was a casual, who was discovered in tlic Casual Wards of tlie Workhouse. Diphtheria. Oijditheria was verj- prevalent during the year, ]>arlicularly in the last quarter. 147 cases were removed to Hospital, some of them being of a very seven' type. The disease affected the whole town, but was p.irticularly severe on the Christ Church and Ibxl'iidge Street ScIkxjI areas. Diu'.'ng the 3'car “ Swabs ” were taken from lb? children who were contacts in the home of cases of Diphtheria, and 19 of the.se ga\'c a positive re.sult. In addititju, tlie School Medical Oflicer jxiid one \'i.sit to Christ Church School to insjK'Ct the children for overlooked cases of Diphtheria. Scarlet Fever. .Scarlet Fever was very prevalent in the latter jiart of the year, but it was of a very mild type, and there were no deaths. Zymotic Deaths. The number of deaths from zj-motic diseases was 25, viz., .Afeasles 9, Diarrhiea 9, Diphtheria 7. ' Visits to Infectious Diseases (Non-notifiable). The Health Visit(jrs paid tire following \ isits to non-iurtifiable infectious diseases during the 3-ear :— Visits to .Measles .. (159 (Including 221 to children under 5 3-ej'.rs of age). Vi.sits toAMrooping Cough . . . . 55 Visits to .Mumjrs . . 105 Ahsits to Chickenirox 292 (Including 23 to children under 5 years of age). (Including 23 to' children under 5 3'cars of age). (Including 93 to children under 5 3'ears of age). Diphtheria Antitoxin was suj)j)lied as usual from the Health (Jffice feu all cases eT Diphtheria in the Jiorough if applied for. During the ye ar 147 jdiials, each containing 4,000 units, w’crc siqiirlicd to medical practitiejiiers in the bonnigh. 58