[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Basford (Union) R.D.C.

  • Basford (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1896
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Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Basford (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    On receipt of a notification, I send a leaflet of “ Rules f(jr Prevent- ing tlie spread of Infectious Diseases,’' and one of “lades for the Admission of patients into the Basford Sanatorium, togethei witli an addressed post card to the occupier of the house in Avliieh the disease has occurred. On the post card being returned, signed hy the Doctor m attendance, the house is disinfected hy an Officer of the Council. 0\ei 200 of these cards were sent out, and 153 returned and the liouses disinfected. On referring to the Notification Table on page 13, it will he noticed that there was a marked reduction in the number of cases of Scarlet Fever and Firteric Fever notified during the last half of the yerrr, as compared with the previous year, the figures for the two halves being : 1895—Scarlet Fever, 148 cases; Enteric Fever, 95. 1896—Scarlet Fever, 35 cases; Enteric Fever, GO. This is most marked in the month of October, when generally both diseases are at their maximum of prevalence ; iii cousorj^uence there was no serious demand made oir the Isolation Hospital. The table below shows the cases notified, and the deaths since the adoption of the Act in 1890 : — Notified Cases in V )> )> yy yy M Deaths from Notifi- able Diseases in yy yy yy y y yy yy y y } y yy y y y y yy CC 1-4 1 -z; 1 ^ 1 . • s s • ci ’ a . ' O ct o o o i O 1 O CZ ^ S ^ O ‘3 1 w S P ! 6^ 1 b i ^ 1 ai s o 1890 202 17 102 34 i ... : 5 1 360 1891 252 12 91 61 1 1 417 1892 138 14 81 57 1 2 4 ... 297 1893 161 58 210 54 3 ~ 10 601 1894 184 42 51 45 1 4 1 328 1895 195 36 122 59 ... 7 1 1 421 1896 127 18 107 39 2 3 1 ... 297 1890 6 1 19 3 1 « • ♦ i 30 1891 19 i o () 13 3 1 2 1 ■■■ 40 1892 17 ! 5 15 1 . • . 2 ... 40 1893 7 9 17 3 1 ; 5 2 4 4 189 4 7 10 6 3 o o . . . 29 1895 6 7 14 4 . . . 1 2 ... 1 3 4 1896 2 1 “ 9 • • • •• 1 18 SMALL=P0X.—One case was notified, but on being visited in consultation with tho klcdical man in attendance it was found not to bo Small-pox, and no extra ordinary precautions were deemed necessary.