[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

  • Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1907
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Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following' table shows how the various Wards were affected, the case fatality, and the removals to Hospital per cent :— SCARLET FEVER. Ward. Cases. Shobnall 13 Victoria 25 Horninglow 41 Uxbridge 3 Broadway 5 Burton 6 Winshill & Welmore ... 29 Stapenhill 19 Total 141 Attack Rate per lUOO. Deaths. Case Fatality Per cent. Removals to Hospital Per Cent. 1-8 1 7-6 69*2 3-5 0 0-0 76-0 5-7 5 12-1 92-6 0-3 0 O'O lOO'O 0-7 0 0-0 lOO'O 1 0 0 0-0 lOO'O 4-7 0 O'O 72-4 3-3 1 5-2 84-2 2‘6 7 4-9 83 0 DIPHTHERIA.—The number of cases of this disease notified was 43, as compared with 24 and 58 in the two years immediately preceding. Twenty-four cases were notified from January to end of September, and 19 cases in the last three months, showing that there was a tendency to increase. Of the 19 cases, however, four occurred in one house, and three in another. Several of the Midland towns showed an undue preva- lence of this disease during the year, and there was also a larger number of cases than usual in certain Rural Districts nearer to Burton,