[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Levenshulme U.D.C.

  • Levenshulme (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1903
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Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Levenshulme U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    All the cases recovered and no fresh cases arose from these; each case was separate and the source could not be traced. In each case I visited and saw it before removal; vaccination of all in the houses was insisted on and carried out, the rooms thoroughly disinfected, the bedding and clothing destroyed, and the contacts were kept tinder observation for a fortnight; the majority also submitted to partial isolation. At the early part of the year handbills and notices recommending re-vaccination and describing the disease were distributed to every house in the district, and as a result re-vaccination has been extensively adopted. The notification of chicken-pox was in force as a precaution and was continued till the end of September. Reports were sent to the Council and to the Local Government Board of each case. At various periods information has been received from adjacent districts of contacts ; these have been visited periodically and kept under observation ; the district lias however remained free from the disease since May. It is still necessary, however, to maintain the chief measures of precaution against an epidemic, namely, to encourage re-vaccination, and to retain a certain number of beds in hospital specially for this disease. Scarlet fever.—During the year 26 cases in 20 houses were notified. They were distributed over the district, and at no period were they very numerous; it was impossible to trace the source of infection in most cases. The attacks were mild and only one was fatal. 13 cases from 9 houses were removed to Baguley hospital. This proportion, 50 per cent, is the highest yet removed. There were no return cases; at the end of the year the district was almost free.