[Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, Newark R.D.C.

Newark-on-Trent (England). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1902

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Credit: [Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, Newark R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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and a good deal of re-vaccination lias been done. As predicted at tire time by the Medical Officers’ of Health, Small Pox has abated in London and has now invaded the provinces and we may at any time be called on to cope with an outbreak, The Authority are making terms with the Newark Corporation for providing an Infectious Hospital, but I do not see how that will affect the question of Small Pox, which, in my opinion ought to be dealt with separately by the County Council. Scarlet Fever has again not become epidemic in the district and no Schools have had to be closed. Isolated cases have been reported from Balderton in January, September, and December, Coddington in February, Collingham in March, Cotham in November, Besthorpe in August, Tolney Lane in August and November, South Clifton in August, Harby in September, and Farndon in October and November. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup have been reported from New Balderton in September and October, and from Brough and Hawton in August. There was a death from Diphtheria in New Balderton in October. 1 hope that when the Drainage Scheme for Balderton is completed the terraces in New Balderton will put in water closets. If they fail to do so, it would be worth while for Balderton to have Public Scavenging, as the private owners empty the privies very irregularly and badly, and thus create a ready focus for Diphtheria and other infectious diseases. Single cases o f Er ysipelas have been reported from Farndon in January, Tolney Lane in January, Balderton in March and September, Harby in April, Barn by in July, South Collingham, Besthorpe, and Coddington in August.