[Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridgend R.D.C.

  • Bridgend (Wales). Rural District Council.
Date:
1894
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Credit: [Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridgend R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THIS hEim THE SPECIAL FILE COPY FOR' LIBRARY B.M. A., IT IS PARTICULARLY REQUESTED THAT IT MAY DE RETuRRED^ AT AS EARLY A DATE AS' POSSIBLE. ; 'iEo the (llhainiuin anb of the |S,ural fisteict (iTouncil. Oextlemex, I beg to present my Annual Report, together with a Statistical Return of Births and Deaths, and a Tabular Statement of new cases of infectious sickness for the j^ear ending 31st December, 1894 The total notifications of infectious disease during the past year were 93. Scarlet Fever, 22 ; Diphtheria, 7 ; Croup (Membi’anous), 2 ; Enteric Fever, 35 ; Continued Fever, 5 ; Erysipelas, 22. During the March quarter 11 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified, 3 cases of Diphtheria, 3 of Enteric Fever, and 5 of Eiysipelas in the Western Division. In the Maesteg division 1 case of Enteric Fever. Asylum 2 of Erysipelas. In the Ogmore Division 1 of Enteric Fever, fatal, and 1 of Erysipelas. During the June quarter in the Western Division 2 cases of Scarlet Fever (no further spread occurring), 4 of Enteric Fever, 1 of Diphtheria, and 5 of Erysipelas. In the Central Division 2 cases of Enteric Fever (1 fatal), 3 of Erysipelas. In the Ogmore Division, 1 of Enteric Fever (fatal), and 1 case of Diphtheria. During the September quarter in the Western Division 2 cases of Scarlet Fever, 1 of Mem- branous Croup, 4 of Enteric Fever, and 1 of Erysipelas. In the Central Division 14 cases of Enteric Fever and 1 of Diptheria. During the December quarter in the AVestern Division 3 cases of Scarlet Fever, 3 of Enteric Fever, and 5 of Erysipelas. In the Central, 4 of Scarlet Fever, 1 of Dipthei’ia, 2 of Enteric Fever, 4 of Continued Fever. In the Ogmore, 1 case of Membranous Croup, fatal. There is some diminution of notifications in 1891 compared with 1893, viz.:—93 in the former and 128 in the latter. Influenza still lingered in several parts of the District and caused one death in the Ogmore Division, three in the Central, and four at the Asylum. It is perhaps worthy of notice that there were three deaths above 90 years of age in the Central, the agricultural division. During the first quarter of the year the continued prevalence of Zymotic disease in the Western Division was noticed in my report to the late Authority, also the number of deaths among children under one year of age. The Board School at Co3mhurch was closed from the 5th February until 1st March in consequence of an outbreak of Mumps ; 48 houses out of 60 being infected, and only 12 children attending the school. I called attention to the urgent need of ]3nblic scavenging at Aberkenfig and Tondn being carried out by the Authority, and that this should be begun before the advent of the warm weather. This change was effected before the end of the j^ear. I visited Aberkenfig and Tondu in February. Park Terrace, Toudu, I found in much the same state as described by me in 1886. On the north side huge cesspools filled with liquid filth seldom cleaned out, and in the gardens pigstyes with, in some cases, the fall of the ground towards the houses ; thus surface pollution from them, at times of rain, is washed down in the direction of the dwellings. ^ At 11, Derllwyn Road, nuisance caused broken drain. A socketted pipe drain should be laid. At Holh' Cottage bad been 2 cases of Enteric Fever, with one death. The house was damp and polluted, water flowed from a pipe in the rear of the premises. I advised this should be connected with the drain so as to prevent its further use. I found it still open at a recent visit. I also advised certain structural alterations. At 11, Evanstown, nuisance existed caused by a dirty yard, containing a stable, with no drainage. At Pandy Row nuisance caused by large manure heap, with no receptacle. This nuisance was reported in 1886. A case of Enteric Fever occurred here in 1893. At Ewermy a case of Enteric Fever occurred, probablj^ due to drinking polluted water. The town water pipes pass through this village.