[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Whitworth U.D.C.

  • Whitworth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1897
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Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Whitworth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SCARLATINA. Fifty-one eases have been notified during the year, and four deaths registered :—One in Shawforth in March, One in Whitworth in April One in Whitworth in June, One in Whitworth in September. With one or two exceptions the disease has been of a mild character In corroboration of this general statement I find the following entry in my diary, “ Jan. ILth, 1897, Visited 8. S. and consider this case ought to be cancelled.” 1 have personally investigated nearly every case, and have been in constant communication with the School¬ masters in the various districts The last case notified of this disease was on the 26th of August, L897. In connection with this case I find the following entry in my diary, “ Visited on the 29th, found the house closed, mother had gone with sick baby to visit her sister at a neighbouring farm house.” WHOOPING COUGH. Two deaths have been registered from this disease, both in Shawforth Ward. CROUP AND DIPHTHERIA. There is a marked decrease in the number of cases and mortality tor the year. Three deaths having been registered from Troup, one in Whitworth Ward in May, Two in Shawforth Ward in August and December respectively The sporadic nature of the disease made it difficult to say definitely what the cause was due to. It is satisfactory to observe that during the past year not a single case of Diphtheria has been reported. TYPHOID FEVER. For the first time for many years we hopefuly notice the complete absence of this frequently recurring disease. DIARRHCEA. Two deaths have been registered during the year, one in Whitworth Ward in September, and one in Facit Ward in October, both cases being under five years of age, and due to defective nutrition.