[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, St Annes-on-the-Sea U.D.C.

  • St. Annes-on-the-Sea (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, St Annes-on-the-Sea U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    chief reason of the small number of cases during the past two years. Enquiries were made in every case as to the cause of the outbreak which, in some instances, could not be discovered. Four of the cases were clearly brought into the district, and two others were from contact with those suffering from the disease. Typhoid Fever occurred three times as compared with five last year. One of the cases was brought into the district, another was attributed to offensive smells which the patient experienced in a refreshment room away from St. Annes, and the cause of the third case could not be dis¬ covered. Two of the three cases were treated at home, the third being removed to hospital.. Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Phthisis) was the cause of nine deaths, being the same number as last year, and pro¬ ducing a rate of 0*97 per 1,000. In former reports I have spoken of the advisability of placing it amongst the Com¬ pulsory Notifiable Diseases, as it is undoubtedly infectious, and think this is especially required at a health resort, where persons may unknowingly be occupying rooms which have been recently vacated by a sufferer of the disease. In view of the recent conclusion of the Royal Com¬ mission on Tuberculosis that “ There is no doubt that in a certain number of cases the tuberculosis occurring in the human subject, especially in children, is the direct result of the introduction into the human body of the bacillus of bovine tuberculosis ; and there also can be no doubt that in the majority at least of these cases the bacillus is introduced through cows’ milk. Cows’ milk, containing bovine tubercle bacilli is clearly a cause of tuberculosis, and of fatal tuber¬ culosis in man,” I would strongly recommend that the cattle