[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Hove U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Hove (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Hove U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    this disease in its early stages are so great, and the importance of taking proper precautions in its management so pressing, that it is not surprising that some cases are wrongly notified; it is much pre- ferable that they should be considered as Enteric, than that one actual case should be overlooked. The figures of the last six years will be of interest. Enteric Fever. 1900 Notifications. 27 1901 • • • • • • 30 1902 • • • 25 1903 • • • • • • 8 1904 • • • • . • 9 1905 • • • 11 Actual Cases. 25 25 20 6 6 5 I was not able to ascertain the source of the illness with certainty in any of the cases during 1905. Erysipelas.—Enquiries were made at the premises, and the drains were examined; in only 2 of the 18 were even slight defects found. The instances of Erysipelas arising from bad drains are few, compared with what they used to be. More frequent causes are exposure to wind, and the accidental inoculation of a wound by some septic matter. One patient who could not get proper attention at home, was removed to the Borough Sanatorium. Puerperal Fever.—There were no cases notified. General Methods of Disinfection.—The usual method of Dis- infecting is for the inspectors to spray the ceiling, walls, floor, and contents of a room with a 2°/Q solution of Formalin, the occupier then has the room thoroughly cleaned, for which purpose Carbolic soap and disinfectant solution are supplied gratis at the Town Hall. Fumigation by Formalin tablets is sometimes substituted for the spray. Bedding, clothes, and similar articles are treated by current steam or destroyed. The cumber of rooms disinfected after non-notifiable diseases increases. The more frequent and reasonable use of disinfectants, and their more reliable bactericidal power, together with the adoption of non-absorbent wall-papers, and floor coverings, ought to render dwellings more healthy than they used to be.