[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Lowestoft Borough and Port.

  • Lowestoft (England). Borough & Port Council.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Lowestoft Borough and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Che Borough Isolation hospital. Seventy eases were under treatment during the year : 65 cases were admitted, 51 were discharged, seven died, and there were 12 remaining on 31st December. The diseases treated were Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Typhoid Fever. The number of cases of each disease, with the result, is stated in the subjoined table. The locality from which they came is shown in the Appendix, Table ILL Scarlet Fever. Diph¬ theria Typhoid Fever. Totals. Remaining 1st January — 8 2 5 Admitted 23 30 12 65 Discharged 18 22 11 51 Died — 5 2 7 Remaining 31st December 5 6 1 12 Water Supply. The public water supply has been kept under the strictest obser¬ vation, and, in addition to the frequent analyses made on behalf of the Company, a sample is submitted to a London Analyst almost every month during tlie year. The following analysis will speak for itself. THE CLINICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, LIMITED. 1 Southwark Street, London Bridge, S.E., December 12th, 1905. The specimen of water marked “ Company’s,” received here on 20th December, 1905, has been chemically examined, and I have been instructed to forward the following report thereon :— ANALYSIS. Gram* per gallon. Total Solids (dried at 120° C.) ... ... ... 20T6 Combined Chlorine ... ... ... ... 2-75 Expressed as Na Cl ... ... ... 4*54