[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough.

  • Cheltenham (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    On this occasion the complaint commenced in the very midst of the town. The children attending the Parish Church School being first affected. At a further stage in this report I have written something else upon this subject. ZYMOTIC DISEASES NOTIFIED in each month during 1909. Month. Scarlet Fever. Diphth- eria. Enteric Fever. Puerperal Fever. Erysi- pelas. Small- pox. Totals. January 11 6 3 20 February 3 3 7 • • • 13 March 5 8 6 3 22 April 1 3 1 5 10 May 12 1 • • • 2 15 June 3 • • • • • • 2 5 July 18 3 1 2 24 August 6 • • • • • « 1 7 September 9 7 1 1 18 October 8 3 • • • 3 14 November 5 3 1 • • • 9 December 6 2 ... 5 13 The 12 months Totals 87 39 20 0 • • 24 ... 170 Total No. treated in Hospitals 75 18 9 • ♦ • ... ... 101 Scarlet Fever : 87 cases were notified which is a very moderate incidence, a good deal below the average number of the past 20 years. There was no death. The number of return cases was somewhat high owing to the infectiousness of one boy who appeared to be the cause of the disease in his father, brother and sister by infecting them after his return from hospital. The father appeared to have contracted the disease by reason of having taken his convalescent son into bed with him. It is an extremely dangerous thing for any child discharged from a Scarlet Fever Hospital to be put into bed with another child or person on reaching home ; but parents frequently pay but scant heed to directions, and are guiltv of this and other foolish acts in connection with