[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough.

  • Andover (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHOLERA.—A letter was received from the port of London Sanitary Authority notifying that a passenger landed at that Port from St. Petersburg, a cholera infected port, had proceeded to this town. The Local Government Board issued an order that after the 9th January, 1911, a return as to the number of cases of infectious disease notified during the week was to be made to them by all Sanitary Authorities. A weekly summary of the return is made by the Local Government Board, and a printed copy is sent to each Medical Officer of Health. The effect of this arrangement is to extend to the entire country the benefit of the information of the occurrence of infectious disease, and doubtless will prove of great advantage. VACCINATION.—The neglect of vaccination continues in this town, and there is now a considerable portion of the general population entirely unprotected against smallpox. These, if unfortunately an outbreak should occur, will form a very ready means of rapid spread. SCHOOLS.—The following is a list of the ElementarySchools in your district;—New Street, Boys and Girls and Infants ; National, Boys, Girls and Infants ; Gale’s, Infants ; Charlton, Smannell and Enham, and Hatherden. These have been visited during the year. The sanitary condition of the schools is good. The accommodation is getting very limited, and the Education Authority are contemplating additional school buildings. A circular dealing with the cause and prevention of consumption was sent for distribution, with the suggestion that the scholars attending the Elementary Schools would be an easy means by which these circulars would reach the industrial classes. 1 have attended the schools, and before distributing the circulars have delivered a short address to the children pointing out the causes of and the means to prevent the spread of the disease and asking them to take the circular home to their parents and have it placed