[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In 80 houses one case occurred in each ... 80 In 14 houses two cases ,, ... 28 In 4 houses three cases ,, ... 12 In 1 house four cases occurred ... ... 4 In 2 houses five cases „ ... ... 10 In 1 house eight cases „ ... ... 8 142 The following- table shews the number of houses affected by cases of notifiable disease, and to some extent their sanitary condition roughly classified :— Houses affected by Good. Fair. Bad. Not reported. Total. Enteric Fever 7 6 1 5 19 .Scarlet Fever 16 13 4 6 39 Diphtheria 11 12 5 4 32 Puerperal Fever 1 — — 1 2 Erysipelas 10 6 — 1 17 Totals 45 37 10 17 109 The total comes to 109 instead of 102, as before mentioned, because in some instances two diseases occurred in the same house at different times. In the previous year 168 houses were affected. The proportion of houses affected reported as “ bad ” in the above table is very small, and is accounted for by the fact that the houses in the Borough have now been at some time or other in recent years pretty well thoroughly examined, and the sanitary conditions improved at most of the houses. The procedure on a notification of infectious illness being received includes an inspection of the sanitary condition of the