[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFECTIOUS DISEASE. The total number of deaths clue to notifiable disease for the past five years was as follows Year. 1904 1905 1900 1907 1908 Small Pox. 0 0 0 0 0 Diph- theria. 7 15 5 7 11 Scarlet Fever. 1 1 0 1 2 Typhokl. 1 1 2 2 2 Fry. 4 1 1 1 0 Puer- peral Fever. 1 0 0 0 1 Total. 14 18 8 11 16 Death Kate. •21 •27 •11 •15 •22 The deaths from notifiable diseases remain very low, and afford conclusive testimony to the general healthiness of the Borough. There were two deaths from Enteric Fever during the year, particulars of these deaths are as follows :— (1) iV.S.H.JM., Aged 37 Years.—This patient ate oysters obtained from a Fishmonger who purchased them from a Fish Hawker from a neighbouring Borough. (•2) F.H., Aged 26 Years.—Hotel servant, died from perforation and ha3morrhage. NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE. The following table will show the total number of cases notified in the months of the past year ;— IMunth notifieil. January February March April ]\Iay June July August September October November December Totals, O d ZJ 6 5 8 7 11 4 3 2 9 8 o a a .a Q 1 0 6 6 8 4 4 5 5 7 8 29 8 32 1 1 1 1 C 'o 1 1 3 3 2 1 2 1 5 1 2 2 o ^ o o — 2 bo C .S s ^9 H 'o o a 1 — 8 12 19 17 16 10 10 8 20 16 40 44 79 108 6 — 24 — — 220