[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick].

  • Chiswick (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1895
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    8 Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act, 1890. Under this Act I have received 132 Certificates, viz.: Small Pox 1 Scarlet Fever 38 Diphtheria 18 Croup (Membranous) 3 Enteric Fever 11 Continued Fever 15 Puerperal Fever 1 Erysipelas 45 132 The Notifications received by me for the year preceding amounted to 239, showing a decrease of 107 for the year 1894. An imported case of small pox was notified at Gunnersbury ; it was of a very mild type, and as proper means of isolation could be adopted at the house in which it occurred, it was not considered necessary to remove the patient to an isolation hospi tal. The complaint was supposed to have been contracted in a public conveyance. I adopted the precaution of having the linen used by the patient removed from the house in order to be washed and thoroughly disinfected. Scarlet Fever. The diminution of the prevalence of this most infectious disease in the district is both gratifying and remarkable. During the past ten years 25 deaths have been recorded. Each year confirms the experi ence that isolation is the only method of keeping the disease in check, more especially in a densely popu lated parish such as Chiswick.