[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough.

  • Doncaster (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following Table gives full particulars concerning the number of cases treated in the Infectious Diseases Hospitals belonging to the Borough, with the percentage of deaths to admis- sions, in the years 1899-1908 : — INFECTIOUS DISEASE HOSPITALS. ANNUAL SUMMARY, 1908. Zymotic Admissions and Deaths during each Year from 1899 to 1908. Disease. 1908 1907 1906 1906 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1899-1908 Total. Small-pox Admitted 0 0 0 29 7 21 1 0 0 12 70 Died Percentage of Deaths 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 to Admissions 0 0 0 0 0 4-7 0 0 0 26 5-7 Diphtheria. Admitted 26 12 5 9 21 26 23 12 11 12 157 Died Percentage of Deaths 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 3 12 to Admissions 0 8-3 20 11-1 4-7 3-8 8-7 0 18-1 25 7-6 Typhoid Fever. Admitted 4 6 9 15 17 19 36 27 20 29 181 Died Percentage of Deaths 0 0 1 0 2 6 7 1 4 1 21 to Admissions 0 0 11-1 0 11-7 26-3 19-4 3-7 20 3-4 11-6 Scarlet Fever Admitted 82 78 128 130 62 44 65 107 63 67 826 Died Percentage of Deaths 2 1 2 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 15 to Admissions 2 4 1-3 1-6 5-3 0 2-2 0 0-9 1-5 0 1-8 BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION. The West Riding County Council provides a Laboratory in whch Bacteriological Ex- aminations are made, free of charge, of secretions from doubtful cases of Enteric Fever, Diphtheria, Phthisis, etc. The provision of such an institution is of great advantage to the Public Health Depart- ment, and to the Medical Practitioners of the Town, in aiding and securing more early and certain diagnosis of some of the more important skin diseases. NOTICES TO MASTERS OF SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIANS. The arrangements have been continued that notices shall be sent to the Head Masters of the various schools, informing them when children from infected houses attend their schools. 127 Notices were sent last year, as against 146 in the preceding year. Books borrowed from Lending Libraries, which have been found in infected houses, have been taken to the Disinfecting Station, disinfected and returned. DISINFECTION. The following Table gives the number of rooms, bedding, etc., disinfected, in com- parison with the three previous years :— 1905 1906 1907 1908 Rooms 326 276 211 208 Beds 299 262 177 140 Mattresses 179 113 105 64 Pairs of Blankets 386 311 203 3904 Pairs of Sheets 268 203 132 130 Quilts 314 225 161 142 Pillows and Bolsters 875 742 525 421 Articles of Clothing 740 38 39 48 Sundries ... 2115 796 437 427 Articles Destroyed 3 2 1 30 Totals ... 5505 2968 1991 2001