[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Southborough U.D.C.

  • Southborough (Kent, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Southborough U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Erysipelas. Two cases, which both recovered, were re¬ ported—one in August and the other in December, the patients being adults. NON = NOTIFIABLE DISEA5ES. Whooping Cough caused four deaths,—one in January and one in each of the months of October, November and December, the patients being all children under five years of age. In consequence of the prevalence of this disease I recommended the closure of the Christ Church School from December 7th to December 23rd. Diarrhoea was responsible for 8 deaths, five of which oc¬ curred in the third, and three in the fourth quarter of the year. These fatalities were among infants under one year of age. Influenza caused 3 deaths, one in each of the months of January, February, and March, and included persons all of whom were over 65 years of age. GENERAL INSPECTIONS. Seven separate inspections have been made by me during the year in addition to those connected with cases of notified in¬ fectious disease. The Bakehouses in the district are in an exceptionally satis¬ factory condition, the sanitation being as good as can be desired. There are no Common Lodging Houses. There are in the district ten persons registered under the Dairies and Cowsheds Order ; of these, five keep cows and have milk-shops; two keep cows only, and three have milk-shops only. These have been duly inspected. There have been no applications for fresh registration under the Order during the year. The four Slaughterhouses are all licensed, the licenses so far having been renewed by the Council annually.