[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Orkney County & Kirkwall Burgh.

  • Orkney (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Orkney County & Kirkwall Burgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Diphtheria.—Long-hope 2. Both adults successfully treated at home. Erysipelas.—Long-hope 1. Adult treated at home. Tuberculosis—Pulmonary.—Flotta 1, Graemsay 1, Longhope 1. All males. Deaths nil. Treated in hospital 1. Tuberculosis—Non-Pulmonary.—Flotta 1, Hoy 2, Graemsay 1, Long-hope 6. Males 6, females 4. Deaths nil. Treated in hospital 2. Pulmonary Tuberculisis. Other forms of Tuberculosis. CD 03 Year. M r-j 2 v Is Ti Q} -jo 2 in © <D CO -t-} c3 GO © 0) ro 3s ij © -t-3 C* 0 '** £ 03 ° ® C 03 tx-r 215 03 zi 03 © © CO 03 jN 3 O © 9-i os .s ir> 03 P o © • 1—4 u-4 03 © •'-< ■5 CD 03 *- S- & Q<! O bQ ft Qtf O fO 1918 l l 1919 1920 1921 1922 2 2 1923 3 — — — — 3 ... 10 — — — — 10 6 3 — — — 3 ... 11 — 1 — — 10 In accordance with the instructions of the Scottish Board of Health the following table is given to show the number of room in houses in which notifiable infectious disease occurred during the year : —< Infected Houses. No. of Families Number of Rooms Disease. Cases. Affected. • over 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 Diphtheria 2 2 — 11 — — — — Erysipelas 1 1 — — — 1 — — — Tuberculosis— Pulmon 3 3 — — 21 — — — Others 10 10 — 721 — — — Housing.—The District Committee adopted a Scheme under the Housing, &c., Act, 1923, similar to that prepared for the Mainland and North Isles Districts. The subsidy offered is £78 but no application had been received by the close of the year. As there is ample scope for improvement in housing in the District it is hoped that advantage will be taken of the Local Authority’s offer.