[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford].

  • Brentford (London, England). Local Board.
Date:
[1894]
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    4 The number of cases admitted during the year has been— Scarlet Fever. Typhus Fever. Total. 130 1 131 Remaining under treatment, December 31 st, 1892 12 Discharged cured 98 Died 5 Remaining under treatment December 31st, 1893 39 It will be seen from the above figures that there have been but 5 deaths during the year out of atotal of 132 or 3.7 per 100 patients which I think is highly satisfactory. Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act.—Under this Act I have received 231 certificates made up as follows— Small Pox 1 Scarlet Fever 171 Typhus Fever 1 Typhoid Fever 5 Erysipelas 34 Membranous Croup 2 Diptheria 16 Puerperal Fever 1 Although acknowledging the extreme usefulness of this Act, it cannot be denied that it is very frequently evaded and one can scarcely blame ignorant persons when they refuse to believe a disease is infectious and that a child must be continuously isolated for many weeks, when as in many mild cases of Scarlet Fever that child has not been at all ill at anytime. I am convinced that were it not for the extreme vigilance of the masters and mistresses of the various schools in the town that many more cases of infectious disease would remain undiscovered. I have paid several visits to the schools during the year and only on two occasions have children suffering from infectious diseases been discovered. Mr. Robinson, Sanitary Inspector, has supplied the following particulars— Summary of Nuisances dealt with during 1893. TABLE No. 1. Number of houses and premises inspected (including 472 house to house to house inspections) 1240 ,, special complaints received and attended to 111 „ nuisances discovered 795 „ ,, abated 794 ,, ,, outstanding Dec. 31st, 1892 14 ,, preliminary notices issued 318 340 ,, formal „ „ 22 ,, summonses taken out ... none „ nuisances outstanding, Dec. 31st, 1893 *5 TABLE No. 2. The following is a description of the Nuisances dealt with— Number of defective and choked drains 211 ,, „ w.c. cisterns 140 ,, „ w.c. connections 91