[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Houghton-le-Spring U.D.C.

  • Houghton-le-Spring (Durham, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Houghton-le-Spring U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Year Births Males Females Rate Increase 1906 318 165 153 35*5 135 1907 346 175 171 36-7 192 1908 366 192 174 37-6 175 1909 383 213 170 39*8 256 Death-rate per 1000 registered births, 99*2. The subjoined table gives the death-rate per 1000 from the principal Zymotic diseases during the past three years :— No. Diseases 1907. 1908. 1909. 1 Small-pox ... 0 0 0 2 Scarlet Fever 0 0 0 3 Diphtheria and Membra- •21 •20 •3 nous Croup 4 Typhoid and Continued , Fe^ver ... .. j 0 *51 •2 5 Measles •42 0 •5 6 7 Whooping Cough ... Diarrhoea, Dysentery and | •106 •53 •20 1-54 •2 •1 Enteritis... ... ) 8 Phthisis 1-06 M3 1-1 9 Acute Diseases of the Lungs 2-96 4*21 2-1 10 Other Tubercular Diseases •74 •51 •8 New Cases of Sickness.—The Infectious Disease Notification Act was adopted by your Council on February 1st, 1890. With the view of giving effect to the above Act it is my invari- able practice to visit and inspect the premises and out offices occupied by the patients with as little delay as possible after the receipt of the Notification Forms, and to give such instructions as to isolation and disinfection as the nature of the illness may require. We are a mining population with a relatively high birth- rate, and as our houses are chiefly of the cottage property class, home isolation—as a rule—is a physical impossibility. In many cases the resources of the family are seriously taxed in order to provide sleeping accommodation with proper regard for the separation of the sexes. Such being the case, let me once more appeal to the com- munity at large for a more ready and willing acceptance of hospital relief in all infectious cases. Our hospital, as you know, gentlemen, is situate in an open and healthy part of the district, and is well equipped for the treatment of all such cases. It is upheld at the public expense, and no charge is made for maintenance and treatment of cases.