[Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Waterloo-with-Seaforth U.D.C.

  • Waterloo-with-Seaforth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1917
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Credit: [Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Waterloo-with-Seaforth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH’S REPORT. 1917. .. The Chairman and Membere of tiie Urban District Council ofwaterloo— vath-Seaforth, OcTitl omen. I have pleasure In submitting the following brief Report on the Health and Sanitary condition of T’our district during 1917, jrGPULATI0y»- I have receiiv'd the following figures from the Reglstrar-'deneralrfor calculating thf> Dirth Rate the total population is estimated as 30,929, and fpr the aeath Rat© the olvlllan population only is given, the number being 27,746. MILK SUPPLY.- The MilK supply to the District r0??6lves very careful attenVibn, c^wsb’eds and MilKshops are regularly visited and 23 samples of milk have been submitted to Professor Beattie for bacteriological examination. Two of the samples were certified to be tuberculous and TT^o satisfactorily dealt with. MUISANCES. One thousand eight hundred and thirty four nuisances have been dealt with by the Sanitary Inspector, INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED.- Four hundred and twenty three cases of Inl*ectlou0 disease 'h'ave been notified to the Medical Officer and 66 were r removed to Hospital, The following table indicates the different diseases together with the locality and removals to Hospitals. wXti1r£6o, IPbTALr Disease Oasesa Removals, 1 Oases, Removals, Oases. ^ Scarlet Fever 28 12 1 60 19 i ! 83 78 51 'i Diphtheria. 15 i 4 1 50 45 27 Erysipelas, 6 \ i \ 2 • 8 Ophthalmia 2 $ \ t i 3 - Neonatorum. Enteric Fever, 4 2 I ^ I 6 s Oerebro-Splnal Fever, I I :: I \) Measles. 92 85 177 ' Tuerperal Fever, i' ^ j 1 - 1 : 1 Continued Fever. 1 1 1 2 2 Infantile 3 18 21 ** blarrhoea, T ub e r cul 0 s i s, CO 44 i j 82 • TOTAL. 191 21 p 232 45 ^ 423 06 5 of these were Military cases. d- 3 H M tt » W