[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Isle of Wight) Urban Sanitary District.

  • Newport (Isle of Wight, England). Urban Sanitary District.
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Isle of Wight) Urban Sanitary District. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Membranous Croup. — There was one case of this disease notified which unfortunately proved fatal, the child being only medically treated a few hours before death. Diarrhoea.—The Borough has been fairly free from this disease throughout the year. A few cases occurred through the summer months, four deaths being attributable to this cause, two only of these being in infants. There was nothing of an epidemic char¬ acter. Cancer.—I have to record 12 deaths from this disease, as against 14 last year, 7 in 1904, 12 in 1903, 12 in 1902, 11 in 1901, 11 in 1900, 16 in 1899, 8 in 1898, 11 in 1897, and 22 in 1896. The death rate per 1,000 of our estimated population is 1.03, as against 1.22 last year. Small-pox—Puerperal Fever and Typhus Fever.— The Bor¬ ough has been entirely free from these diseases throughout the year. Violent and Accidental Deaths.—There were three deaths recorded from this cause, as against four last year, one of which was a male, aged 17, accidentally drowned whilst bathing in the river. Inquests were held in each case. Visits and Inspection of Premises.—As a result of many visits to houses and premises in all parts of the Borough, I can again bear testimony to its greatly improved sanitary condition. The process of clearing out the old drains and defective and antiquated sanitary fittings is steadily going on, and new and up-to-date fittings taking their place. This is a healthy sign that the efforts of your Sanitary Inspector are bearing good fruit, and that the owners of properties have evidently come to the conclusion that such a state of things conduces to the mutual benefit of both land¬ lord and tenant. Bakehouses.—The number in use at the close of 1895 was 23, and the number at the close of 1896 remains the same, 23. These have been regularly inspected, and their condition reported on to your Committee. They are all retail bakehouses, built on the ground floor; no wholesale nor underground bakehouses exist in the Borough. Although some are of the old type, and not constructed on modern plans and ideas, they are all kept clean and well limewashed. Two men is about the average number working in each. Slaughterhouses.—As I have stated in former reports these