[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton].

  • Acton (London, England). Local Board.
Date:
[1894?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    12 is informed that an inmate of his house is suffering from an infec tious disease, naming it, and stating the length of time he is likely to be ill, during which the patient is to be kept isolated. On the other side of the circular is a copy of the Public Health Act, 1875 Section 126, informing them of the penalty they occur if they ex pose the patient unnecessarily. I have hopes that this circular will prove of great service. The following corrected table shows how the number of cases of Infectious Diseases which have been reported during the last four years since the adoption of the Act by this district. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. Small Pox — — 13 7 Scarlet Fever 108 63 74 192 Diphtheria 14 8 27 41 Membranous Croup 4 —. 13 1 Typhoid Fever 13 13 15 19 Continued Fever — – – 1 Puerperal Fever 1 – 1 2 Erysipelas 22 18 37 77 162 102 180 340 The population being estimated at 26,000, would give a rate of 13 persons per thousand who have had some infectious disease whereas last year it was reckoned to be 7.2 per thousand. SMALL-POX. Seven cases were reported. Two isolated cases in the spring of the year and five cases in the autumn. Of the first two cases one died in the Highgate Hospital. Of the remaining five cases four occurred in connection with a man who carried on a business of disinfecting; and a special report was made to your board on