[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Folkestone Borough.

  • Folkestone (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1909
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    ceived during July, and only six in August and September. During October and November another out- break occurred among the children attending the North and Sydney Street Council Schools, 25 notifi- cations being received. This was also due to the mild type of the disease, several being in the des- quamating stage before the nature of the complaint was recognised. The steps taken had a beneficial effect, and only four notifications were re- ceived in December, three of which were school children. Diphtheria.—Seventeen cases of this disease were noti- fied, none of which proved fatal. Fifteen were dis- tributed over the first five months of the year, the remaining two being notified in July, the rest of the year was free from the disease. The incidence of this disease has been steadily declining in recent years. The cause of this is to be attributed to the method which has been in practice of delaying the discharge of patients until three consecutive nega- tive results from swabs of throat and nose have been received. Enteric Fever.—Nineteen cases of this disease were notified. One death occurred, viz., a visitor who arrived ill from Holland, and who was admitted into a Nursing Home. The cases notified were as under, viz.:— January ... ... ... ... i March ... ... ... ... i July 13