Dr. H.F. Parsons's report to the Local Government Board on the recent prevalence of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the Thorne registration district, and on the general sanitary condition of the sanitary districts comprised therein / [H. Franklin Parsons].

  • Parsons, H. Franklin (Henry Franklin), 1846-1913.
Date:
1883
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Credit: Dr. H.F. Parsons's report to the Local Government Board on the recent prevalence of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the Thorne registration district, and on the general sanitary condition of the sanitary districts comprised therein / [H. Franklin Parsons]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Enteric fever.—The number of recent fatal cases of continued fever in the Thorne Registration District is not so large as would appear from the Registrar Greneral’s returns, owing to the mistake before alluded to of the Thorne registrar, in including 10 deaths from scarlet fever among deaths from “fever.” There were, however, 14 deaths from various forms of continued fever during 1881-82, and the first quarter of 1883, of which one was returned as from “ typhus,” seven from enteric fever (under one or other of its synonyms), two from “relapsing fever,” three from “remittent fever,” and one from “ continued fever, and convulsions.” One of the cases appears to have been puerperal, and it is probable that others were not of a specific nature. The following table gives particulars of the deaths from enteric fever :— Date. Parish. Sex. Age. Remarks. 1881. May 16 Epworth - ; F. 12 No obvious cause. Drain defective and blocked, but out of doors. Well polluted, but not used for drinking. No other case. 1882. January 5 Keadby F. 59 “ Gastric fever,” had been long ailing. No obvious cause. No other cases. May 19 - - Belton - F. 46 Well polluted, close to privy. October 10 - Thorne - F. 12 Damp unwholesome house. Untrapped offensive drain in corner close to door. Another case. November 11 - Epworth F. 42 Well polluted, 28 yards from ditch forming main outlet of sewage of town. 1883. January 17 Belton - M. 59 Parties left. No information obtainable. January 24 - Hatfield M. 44 Well polluted. Two other cases, the first introduced. A group of non-fatal cases also recently occurred at a cottage by the canal midway between Thorne and Crowle, one member of the family having been taken ill shortly after his removal to Belton. The cottage is in an open and isolated situation, and in good sanitary condition, except that the only water supply is that of the canal, which is drunk unfiltered. Non-fatal cases had also occurred at two houses in Thorne. In one there was an indoor unventilated watercloset, at the other an offensive untrapped drain close to the door, the pump being within a few yards of the town sewer. Measles.—This disease was prevalent at Hatfield at the time of my visit, and the rural sanitary authority, on the advice of the medical officer of health for that division of their district, gave a notice for the closing of the village school. At two houses I was told that the children had been excluded from school on account of measles, but that one of the school managers had come round and fetched them up to swell the attendance on the examination day. Sanitary Administration of the Districts included in the Thorne Union. I. Thorne Rural District. The guardians act as rural sanitary authority for the whole of the union, with the exception of the townships of Crowle and Bastoft, which together form the Crowle urban district. Sanitary business is taken at the conclusion of the ordinary meetings of the board. For sanitary purposes the guardians have parted their district into divisions corre¬ sponding to those for which district medical officers are appointed, viz.:— Epworth (including Wroot). Belton. Thorne. Hatfieid (including Stainforth, Bishlake, and Sykehouse). Crowle (portion not included in the urban district, and comprising the townships of Althorpe, Keadley, and Amcotts).