[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Seventy cases were notified at Weston-super-^Iare. The JMedical Officer of Healtli gives a complete and careful rej)ort ii})on their distribution and sources of infection. The cases were mostly mild and there were no deaths. Although there were 40, 40 and 20 cases respectively at Burnham, Street and Shepton Mallet these reports contain no information as to tlie sources of infection, relation of the cases to one another, etc, TABLE VI. Scarlet Fever Cases. DHllAN DISTinCTS. Number of cases notified. 1 Number of cases per 1000 population. Number of cases removed to Hospital. Percentage of cases removed to Hospital. BUBAL DISTBICTS. Number of cases notified. Number of cases per 1000 population. > Number of cases removed to Hospital. Percentage of cases removed to Hosj)ital. Bridgwater 13 0-77 4 31 Axbridge 37 1 -00 0 0 Burnliani 40 9-06 0 0 Bath ... 15 1 02 11 73 Cliard 2 0-43 0 0 Bridgwater 47 2-58 0 0 Clevedon 42 b‘87 39 93 Chard 25 1 '80 0 0 Crewkerue o 0-70 0 0 Glutton 8 0-49 0 0 Frome 0 0 0 0 Dulverton 1 0'21 0 0 Glastonbury 3 0 70 1 33 Frome 16 1 43 8 50 Higlibridge 0 0 0 0 Ke3’nsham 58 5 '40 19 33 Ilminster 2 0-8() 0 0 Langport 13 0-99 0 0 Midsoiner Norton... 15 1 99 1 t Long Ashton a/ 3-49 8 14 Mineliead 0 2-37 9 100 Shepton Mallet 23 2-25 10 09 Fortishead 1 2-08 0 0 Taunton 4 0-22 0 0 Badstock 10 2 ()b 0 0 \yellington 4 0()6 0 0 Shepton Mallet 29 5'7S 18 02 Wells ... 23 2-17 0 0 Street 4() 10 •02 14 30 Williton 35 2-74 20 74 'raunton ... 34 1 49 31 91 Wdneanton 14 0 85 i 50 Watchet () 3-25 0 0 Yeovil 1 O'OO 0 0 Wellington 4 0-52 1 25 Wells 2 0-43 2 100 Weston- .super-Mare 70 2 91 58 83 ^yivelisoonlbe 0 0 0 0 Yeovil 3 0 21 .3 1(H) d'otals 340 2 12 181 53 .381 1 -04 95 25 In the Rural Districts the largest })roportionate number of cases were met with at Kevnsliam and Long Ashton. In the Kevnsliam District Dr. Heaven shows that uT out of the 5S cases arose in tlie « practically urban parts of Iveynsham and Rrislington. The increase' coincided with a widespread occurrence in Bristol.