[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Chiswick (Parish) U.D.C.

  • Chiswick (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Chiswick (Parish) U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infectious Diseases Notification Act. Under this Act I have received 278 certificates (including Phthisis) :— Small Pox - 0 Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) - 52 Scarlet Fever - - ”7 Enteric Fever - - 7 Puerperal Fever - 1 Erysipelas - 46 Phthisis - 55 compared with 165 for 1908. Slaughter Houses, &c. The slaughter houses, bakehouses, cow -sheds and dairies, also fish shops I need hardly refer to, they being included in the Report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector (fable ii on Sanitary work). Influenza Influenza was more or less prevalent during most months of the year, causing nine deaths, which were mostly associated with diseases of the heart or pulmonary complications. The Public Elementary Schools. During October I received through your Clerk a copy of a Memorandum issued by the Local Govern- ment Board and also by the Board of Education on the “ Closure of and Exclusion from School ” of those children who have been suffering from a mild attack of an infectious disease, which has received my