[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Bilston U.D.C.

  • Bilston (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1907
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Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Bilston U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    s .4inomit for each Jleal. Total .Amount in ■24 hours. X ’rt 'o y. Interval between each -Meal. ^ If u ^ •r S Aye f to 1 oz. 10 oz. 10 2 lion IS 1 Ist to 3i(l (lav t ,, l.'„ 12.'. 10 2 1 31(1 ,, 7th ,, ,, ,, 18 „ 9 1 2ii(l,, 4th week 2 2 •20 „ 8 24 1 4th ,, bill 2 k 21 ,, 7 24 ,, 1 bill ., 8th ., 3 ,, U „ 21 ,, t) 3 ,, — 2ii(l,, 4tlniioiith ■t >> -li >! 27 „ 0 — 41 li bth a I, ~t ,, 3.0 „ 5 — titli ., Sth 0 CO 50 ., 5 44 ,, — 9tli ,, 12th ,, 8 te;i-s]K)oiifuls 4 dessert-spoon fills 2 table- spoonfuls 5 ounces 2 gills are eipnil to 1 ounce. ,, 1 „ 1 .. 1 gill- ,, A ]>int. Erysipelas.—Sixteen eases of Erysipelas, of which 2 ended fatally, i a young- infant under 12 months, were notified during-the year, as con-ipared with 22 in the previous year. 30 in tlieyear 1905, 37 in 1904, 41 in 1903, and 39 in 1902. Puerperal Fever.—Four cases of Puerperal Fever, all attended at first by women, were notified, and 3 died. Particulars were forwarded to the County Medical Ofiicer : the women were suspen- ded for four weeks and then not alUnved to recommence duty until after thorough disinfection. Fortunately the present class of mid- wives must, necessarily, soon cease to exist. After April i, 1910, no woman, unless registered under the Midwives .Act, 1902, wall he allowed to carry on this practice, and registration in the future will follow only upon thorough training and examination. Zymotic Diseases. -Seventy-tour deaths, 33 being in infants under i year of age, and 28 in children between T and 3 years were attributed to the seven principal zymotic diseases, as compared with 9' ;n the previous year, 48 in the year 1905, 93 in 1904, 71 in ,00; 71 m 1902, and 103 in 1901. ^ ’ 'Pile figures for the earlier year differ from those oiven in vious reports, due to the inclusion from 1901 onwards, under term “ Dian-htea,” of cases tormerly excluded. pre- the