[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Hornsea-with-Burton U.D.C.

  • Hornsea-with-Burton (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Hornsea-with-Burton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    17 miles from a hospital, which distance with our present means of locomotion, would be no serious consideration. I earnestly recommend you to seek powers from the Local Government Board to include cancer and consumption (Pul- monary Tuberculosis) with the notifiable diseases. The order of the Local Gov- ernment Board, dated 18th December, 1908, enjoins that Poor Law Medical Offi- cers should notify to the Medical Officer of Health any pauper who may be suffer- ing from consumption, but. this does not meet the needs of a community like our own, for several persons are brought here to die of one of these diseases each year, and I have no certain means of gaining information of the fact. In my opinion both these diseases are infectious and some person may unknowingly oc- cupy an infected room and so contract the disease. It is my custom, when I know of a deatli from either cancer or consump- tion, to have any room which the patient has occupied disinfected with very great care, but this matter should not be left to chance. FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS ACT. All business establishments which come under this Act are in a satisfactory con- dition. There has only been one accident during the year, and that not of a serious character. I have resigned my position as Certifying Factory Surgeon owing to increasing calls upon my time. DEATHS. The number of deaths at all ages be- longing to my district is 40. We had the same number in 1904, 46 in 1905, and 55 in 1907. Three of these 40 persons died outside the district, viz., 2 in the Hull Rioyal Infirmary and one at Stepney Sta- tion. Five persons died after a residence of less than three months in Hornsea, this improperly increases our death rate from 13.5 to 1-1.79 per 1,000 Cancer and malignant disease figure very prominent- ly as a cause of death, five out of our 40 deaths being due to these diseases. 'The high death-rate from malignant disease cannot be traced to any local conditions, but I draw attention to it to strengthen my request for compulsory notification. There were three deaths due to Pulmo- tary Tuberculosis. Eight children died under one year of age, i.e., 3 owing to premature birth, 1 gastritis, 1 enteritis, and 1 influenza, 2 all other causes Thirteen deaths were of persons over 65 years of age. There were 6 deaths from heart disease, all but 1 being per- sons over 65 years of age. There was only 1 suicide, and that of a man un- known. BIRTHS. Sixty-two births have been registered during the year, as against 67 in 1909, but this is only the second time in nine years that we have been over 60. This year’s birth-rate is 23.92—the second best on record. Of our 62 births, 39 were boys and 23 girls. There were 2 illegitimate children born this year, as against 4 in 1909 and 3 in 1908'. In conclusion, Gentlemen, I would make the following requests to you, viz.: 1. That this Report should be printed and given to anyone interested in it. 2. That you should take steps to ac- quire the control of all private streets. 3. That you should petition the Local Government Board to allow us to include Cancer and Pulmonary Tuberculosis amongst Notifiable Diseases. 1 am. Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, H. D. JOHNS, M.D., Medical Officer of Health for Hornsea. GI IREN AND SON, PRINTERS, BEVERLEY.