[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Kidderminster R.D.C.

  • Kidderminster (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Kidderminster R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Infectious Diseases Notification Act, 1889. Under this Act certificates have been received from the Medical Officer of Health relating to the following cases, which total 83, as against 92 last year ; a decrease of 9. In the Chaddesley Corbett District, comprising the parishes of Chaddesley Corbett, Stone, Broom, and Rushock :— Scarlet Fever, 28 ... last year, 16 ... increase, 12 Erysipelas, 5 ... ,, 3 ., 2 Diphtheria, o ... ,, 4 ... decrease, [4 Total, 33 23 Increase, 10 Of the Erysipelas cases 3 occurred in the parish of Stone, (Hoobrook 1, Shenstone J, The Willows 1), Lower Chaddesley 1, and Rushock 1. Of the 28 Scarlet Fever cases, 10 were at Shenstone, Curslow, and Hoobrook in the parish of Stone, and 18 in Chaddesley parish, viz., 1, the village ; 2, the Old Barn ; 4, Outwood ; 2, Woodrow ; 1, Bluntington ; 2, Parr’s cottage ; 1, Yessell cottage ; 4, Red Cross cottages ; 1 Harvington. Thirteen cases of Scarlet Fever were removed, by order of the Medical Officer of Health, into the Borough Infectious Hospital, viz. 1 Shenstone, 2 Hoobrook, in the parish of Stone ; and 10 from Chaddesley parish, viz., Woodrow 1, Red Cross 3, Bluntington 1, Outwood 2, Chaddesley village 1, the Old Barn 2. The Wribbenhall District, comprising Ribbesford, Dowles, Upper Arley, and Wribbenhall:— Scarlet Fever, 7 last year, 6 increase, 1 Erysipelas 3 n • • • 5} ••• •» 1 Diphtheria 0 • • • 5^ I ••• / decrease, 1 Total, 10 9 Increase, 1 The Erysipelas cases were from Castle Yard, Wribbenhall, 1 ; Catchem’s End, 1 ; Whispering Street, Wribbenhall, 1. The Scarlet Fever cases were, Hoarstone Cottages, 2 ; Win- terdyne Villas, Stourport Road, 2 ; Rag Lane, Northwood, 1 ; The Bank, Catchem’s End, 1 ; Ribbesford, 1. The removals into hospital were 3,—2 from Hoarstone Cot- tages, Habberley Road, and 1 from the Bank cottage, Catchem’s End. No infectious disease reported from Dowles or Upper Arley.