[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Nantwich U.D.C.

  • Nantwich (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1897
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Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Nantwich U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infectious Diseases.—The number of cases of infectious diseases notified was sixty-two, and of these nine occurred in the Workhouse, viz.:—53, Scarlatina; 3, Diphtheria; 1, Membranous Croup ; and 5, Erysipelas. The deaths from the principal Zy¬ motic diseases numbered twenty-one, viz.:—2, Scarlatina; 7, Whooping Cough ; 1, Diphtheria ; 1, Membranous Croup ; and 10, Diarrhoea Scarlatina.—Fifty-three cases were notified during the year, viz :—Twenty-six in first quarter, seventeen in second, eight in the third, and two in the fourth. Two deaths were referred to this disease, both of which took place in the first quarter of the year. The epidemic which was present in 1896 gradually sub¬ sided during the first half of the year, after the middle of which only a few isolated cases occurred. The cases were mostly of a mild type, only 3-77 o/o of the notified cases proving fatal. .No doubt the great difficulty in checking the spread of the disease was to a large extent due to want of Isolation Hospital accomodation, to which cases could be removed which could not be properly isolated and treated at their own homes. It is hoped that during the next year some provision will be made for this. At the end of the year the Nantwich Urban District was free from Scarlatina or other infectious disease. MsasHes.—A considerable number of cases occurred during the early part of the year. No deaths resulted from the disease. WiilOOpiing Gough was prevalent during the first and second quarters, many of the cases being complicated with broncho¬ pneumonia and convulsions. Seven deaths were referred to this disease. In four of these cases the disease was complicated with convulsions, and in one case with broncho-pneumonia. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.—Three cases of diph¬ theria were notified, two in the third, and one in the fourth quarter. One case, in a child three years old, proved fatal. In this case and in one of the others which recovered, the disease was undoubtedly contracted outside the town. One case of membranous croup was notified in June, in a child of five years, which proved fatal. Erysipelas.—Five cases were reported, all of which recovered. Diarrhoea was the cause of death in ten cases. All these cases were children under one year old, six of them being under six months. Eight of the deaths took place in the hot weather in the third quarter of the year.