[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Penrith R.D.C.

Penrith (England). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1898

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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Penrith R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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There have been no cases in the Rauglitonhead district this year. The following list infected during the year Parish. Croglin Dacre Glassonby Greystock Hesket Kirkoswald ... shows the localities r Cases. 1 1 2 4 3 1 the number of houses Houses Infected. 1 1 1 3 3 1 Diphtheria.—Three cases of this disease have been reported, all in Watermillock Parish. One in July, apparently a very mild case. Next in December two cases in children occurred in one house, the infection of the second case contracted from the first; the first child died the same day the notification certificate was received. Here the house is built on a very damp site, but I could not see that any dampness of the interior walls existed, and I was informed that the house itself was not damp. The conditions of the Water Supply were anything but satisfactory, these are now in process of reorganization. Enteric Fever.—Three cases only of this disease have been notified as follows :— Mungrisdale.—A very mild case in which no insanitary conditions were present. Greystock.—One case. The water supply was very unsatis¬ factory, being derived from a spring which was covered by a rubbish heap on which all sorts of decaying matter was placed. The Drainage surroundings of the house also were not in a good condition. All this is now being remedied. Langwatliby.—One case. Here the Earth-closets in a row of cottages were connected directly with the sewer without any intervening trap. They are to be converted into w.c’s. Erysipelas. — Seven cases were reported, but without any fatal result and none of the cases require comment. Epidemics of Measles at Blencarn and Skelton occurred, and in both places the schools were closed for a time ; one death occurred at Blencarn.