[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.
- Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
- Date:
- 1908
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SCARLET FEVER. 79 cases of scarlet fever have been notified in tlie Comity Borough during the year. The peculiarity of mildness as alluded to in previous l eports still continues, and the type of this disease generally in the district is only of the faintest scarlatinal character. Two deaths only from scarlet fever have been certi- fied during the year; one died at home and one in the hospital. 76 of the cases notified were at once isolated in the Sanitary Hospital, and every ])recaution such as disinfec- tion and cleansing was insisted on at the patients’ home. BIPHTHERIA. 108 cases of so called diphtheria were notified in the town during the year. In many of these cases the clinical evidence was hut slight, and it was only by bacteriological test that a diagnosis could he arrived at. ENTERIC FEVER. Six cases of enteric fever have been notified in the Borough during the past year. The particulars connected with each case are as follows:— Date notified Age 1008. Name. ycar.<. l-ocality. March G A.S.H.M. 40 C. Ward March 24 M.M. 81 E.C.Ward rrobal)le eaiisse. Had eaten oy.sters purchased from a fishmonger who had recently started business in the town. This patient died at home. There were no in- sanitary conditions found at his residence and no other assignable cause. This case was probably caused by the eating of cockles which had been obtained from Poole.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28942814_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
