[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, St Austell U.D.C.

  • St. Austell (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, St Austell U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Medical Officer’s Report for 1906. St. Austell, 29th January, 1907. To the Chairman and Members of the St. Austell Urban District Council, Gentlemen, I beg to submit for your consideration a report of the Sanitary condition of the District, and also the work ac¬ complished during the past year, in accordance with the instructions given by the Local Government Board ; and, although no great or special work has been under your consideration, the general sanitary condition has been im¬ proved, and every attention has been given to the housing of the working classes, and though several schemes were suggested it was found impossible to carry them out under present conditions without becoming a heavy burden on the ratepayers. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. The Notifiable Diseases during the year were—six cases of scarlet fever, two of typhoid, and two of erysipelas. Scarlet Fever occurred as follows—Three cases at Moor¬ land Road, one at Fore Street, one at Truro Road, and one at Trenance Road ; in each instance it was imported ; but, being notified early, and every precaution being taken, the disease did not further spread. There was no fatality. Typhoid Fever occurred at Pond-dhu Road and Market Hill; both cases were very mild, and every precaution was