[Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C.

  • Rhyl (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1894
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: [Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Out of the total number of 93 notified cases there were 13 deaths, as follows:— Scarlet Fever 1 Continued Fever .... 1 Diphtheria 7 Erysipelas 1 Typhoid 3 and from Zymotic diseases not coming under the provisions of the Notification Acts, 4, viz. :— Whooping Cough 2 Measles 1 Diarrhoea 1 Of these, five cases of Scarlet Fever, and one of Diphtheria were removed to, and successfully treated at your Morfa Isolation Hospital. Whooping Cough, Diarrhoea and Measles are not reported. No death occurred at the Isolation Hospital. The building of the new Wards is progressing favourably, and would have been completed but for unforeseen accidents in material and weather. The Sewerage Works are still in progress, and until further advanced no progress of a satisfactory nature can be made with the demolition of privies and large ashpits, but a complete list of these is prepared, with a view to the earliest possible atten- tion being paid to them. I regret that the suggestion contained in my last report, as to the issuing of Sanitary Certificates, after inspection, has not attracted any notice, nor received any attention. I think con- sideration of it would be not only beneficial in its results, but courteous to my suggestion. It will be noticed there have been several cases of Diph- theria during the year ; this subject was fairly dealt with in a Special Eeport in August, and it is not deemed necessary to repeat the facts and deductions contained in that report. Nothing practical has yet been done with reference to the town manure depot, which still requires attention. At the present date there is not a single case of notifiable disease on the books, and it is well to record the fact that in all cases careful disinfection of house and contents has been carried out, with the best results as to checking the spread of disease from any case which has been notified During the year the water supplied to the town has been
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