[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Borough.

  • Workington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    necessity for keeping patients affected in a warm uniform temperature, and preventing them being exposed to draughts or cold weather. Were the little sufferers removed at once to a warm atmosphere and carefully nursed, there would not, I am satisfied, be the same high mortality as generally follows an epidemic of measles. I found it necessary to extend the usual holidays, and had the schools closed for six weeks while the epidemic was at its highest. Before re-opening they were disinfected and well washed down. Under the Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act, I have received :— Scarlet Fever ... ... 31 Enteric Fever ... ... 27 Smallpox ... ... 2 Erysipelas ... ... 14 Puerperal Fever ... ... 1 75 Ellerbeck Infectious Hospital. During the past year 11 cases have been admitted into your Infectious Hospital of which 2 were Smallpox, 7 Scarlet Fever, and 2 Enteric Fever. I am glad to be able to report that the loan asked for from the Local Government Board for improvements and alterations has been granted, and your Committee are now about to receive tenders for the commencement of the work at an early date. The want of a proper Infectious Hospital