[Report 1899] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackwell R.D.C.

  • Blackwell (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1899
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Credit: [Report 1899] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackwell R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The measure is now on its trial, and it is to be hoped that by the end of the five years the intelligence of the public will have sufficiently increased as not to again necessitate the introduction of any compulsory clause. The measures now taken by the Government are so exacting, and the facilities for the procurement of lymph so extensive, that it is impossible to obtain lymph otherwise than absolutely pure. SCARLET FEVER. This disease has been more or less preva- lent in the District throughout the whole year, but particularly during the latter half. During the first six months 42 cases were notified, and 146 cases from July to December, making a total of 188. Two deaths ocourred. The quarterly returns were as follows : 1st Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter. 12 30 75 71 Eighty-five occurred in children under 5 years of age, and 103 in persons of 5 years and upwards. Blackwell and Tibshelf were the parishes in which the fever was most felt, the former having a total of 73, and the latter 72. Many of the adjacent Derbyshire parishes appear to have suffered badly; those of your own district compare very favourably with others in the county. It is seldom that Scarlet Fever is absent from any of the parishes for any great length of time. The following is a yearly record of cases notified, with deaths since 1892 :