[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough.

  • Bexhill (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infectious Diseases. The Infectious Diseases Prevention Act, 1890, and the Infectious Diseases Notification Act, 1889, are both in force in the district, and the diseases which must be notified under the latter Act are :—Small Pox, Cholera, Diphtheria. Membraneous Croup, Erysipelas, Scarlet Fever, Scarlatina, Measles, and the following Fevers:—Typhus, Typhoid or Enteric, Relapsing, Continued, and Puerperal. Measles and Rotheln were added to the list of notifiable diseases in 1892. There were 17 throat swabs sent for examination for the Diphtheria Bacillus. 6 from the Flospital, taken before discharging the patients— I positive result and 5 negative. 8 from one public institution in the town from contacts with 2 cases that were notified there, all with a negative result. 3 submitted from medical men in the town from suspected cases, with negative results in each case. There were also 2 specimens of sputum sent for examination for the Tubercle Bacillus, with positive result in one case and negative in the other. Four bulbs of Antidiphtheria Serum have been supplied by the Corporation, and were used for patients at the Hospital. During the year 982 cases of Notifiable Diseases were notified at a cost of ;^79 9s. Cases Notified in Whole District. At At Ages— -Years. Notifiabi.e Diseases. All Under 1 to 5 to 15 to 25 to a, Ages. I 5 15 25 65 10 ^ 0 ^ D Small Pox ... Cholera Diphtheria ... Membraneous Croup 7 2 2 3 Erysipelas ... 5 I I 2 I Scarlet Fever 4 3 I Typhus Fever Enteric Fever Relapsing Fever Continued Fever 4 I 3 Puerperal Fever Plague I I Measles *887 20 246 563 39 19 Rotheln 66 2 48 12 4 Total 974 2 2 296 581 49 25 I Of these 329 were notified by_ parents, no doctor being in attendance.