[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Northamptonshire County Council.

  • Northamptonshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Northamptonshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ and the schools were properly connected with the sewer “ and W.C.’s put in. One occurred at Teeton, dne to the “ W.C. being connected directly with the house. The W.C. “ was disconnected. One occurred at Walgrave, Avhere the “ house was found in a hltliy condition ; the house was “ thoroughly cleaned and white-washed. One case occurred “ in Brixworth, probably imported. One case from Pitsford “ was of a very doubtful nature. One in East Haddon was “ clearly contracted from fowls suffering from Roup ; the “ fowls were destroyed, the coops lime-washed, and the- “ inhabitants of the house Avere injected AAuth anti-toxin as a “ preA-entative. Five cases occurred at Holdenby at A^arious “ dates during 1904. During the year this village has been “ subject to frequent and close inspection. Existing A^enti- “ lating shafts liaA^e been heightened, many neAv have been “ put in. The seAvers in the Avhole village liaA-e been practi- “ cally retrapped. The schools have seA^eral times been “ cleaned and disinfected. A separate Avater supply has been “ found for the schools, the W.C.’s of which are flushed daily, “ and the ashpits of the same Avej’e made small and properly “ covered in. The village seAvers are noAv flushed every Aveek “ instead of fortnightly. Many ashpits are made smaller and “ covered in. Pigsties close to houses liaA^e been condemned, “ and are noAv closed. Membranous Croup —Two cases “ occurred in a new house at Kingsthorpe, in AAdiich a pail “ closet Avas kept in a dirty condition and opened almost into “ the kitchen, and the sink Avas connected to a large tank ‘‘ Avhich Avas not ventilated in any Avay. The closet AA^as “ opened from the yard and A-entilated ; the seAvage tank and “ drain Avere properly ventilated.” Daventey Rural.—“The three cases of Diphtheria “ Avere reported from Badby, from the one house, and all “ Avere fatal. I traced the cause of the outbreak to the hrst “ patient drinking contaminated Avater out of a ditch at the “ side of a field.”