[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1907
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Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Zymotic Death Rate. The total number of deaths due to notifiable disease for the past seven years was as follows :— Year. Small I’ox. Diph- tlicria. Scarlet Fever. Tvpliniil. Ery. Fuer- |>eral ]''cver. Total. Zymotic Death Hate. 1901 1 10 0 ■ 5 1 1 18 •30 1902 0 9 0 1 2 8 15 .24 1908 0 6 1 1 1 0 9 •14 1904 0 7 1 1 4 1 14 •21 1905 0 15 1 1 1 0 18 ‘27 1906 0 5 0 2 1 0 8 •11 1907 0 7 1 2 1 0 11 •15 The deaths from all zymotic 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. (1) K.M., Age 35 Years.--There was a history of her having partaken of oysters a few weeks previous to her illness, but nothing very definite could be elicited. The symptoms were mild as regards the enteric signs, but she had complications of pleuro-pneumonia, and to this cause rather than to the enteric must her death be attributed. There was a stoppage of the drains at the house in which she had been living; that of course may have been a contributory cause. (2) Mrs. L., Age 27 Y^ears.—Wife of a Wine Merchant. Had a history of having bought oysters from a hawker from a neighbouring Borough. She died from perforation as a consequence of enteric fever. No sufficient insanitary conditions could be detected at the house. Both these patients were isolated at the Sanitary Hospital, and died there. NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE. The following table will shew the total number of cases notified in the months of the past year ;—