[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Fylde R.D.C.

  • Fylde (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Fylde R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cases, all occurred at the same time in neighbouring houses, the cause could not be discovered. In Marton 3 cases, all in one house, to these cases the same remarks apply. At Moss Side 2 cases, these were Nurses at the Joint Isolation Hospital. The remaining cases, 1 each in Hardhorn, Singleton and Little Eccleston, were all sporadic. DIPHTHERIA. Cases 28. Deaths 1. Of this disease the largest number of cases occurred in Wesham, viz. : 8. The first two were due to defective drainage ; the others, for which no cause could be assigned, were of a very slight nature. In Clifton-with-Salwick 3 cases, all due to defective drainage. In Westby-with-Plumptons 2 cases, due to defective drainage. In Newton-with-Scales 2 cases, one of which was due to defective drains. In Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton 1 case, due to defective drains. In Freckleton 4 cases, all slight, no cause could be discovered. In Marton 4 cases, two were most probably due to an offen- sive ditch in the neighbourhood, one of them terminated fatally, the other two cases were slight and no cause could be assigned. Of the remaining 4 cases, one each occurred in Warton, Elswick, Little Eccleston and Moss Side Isolation Hospital. The Warton case was in an old badly-ventilated house; the Elswick and Little Eccleston cases were only slight; and the Hospital case was a Nurse. TYPHOID FEVER. Cases 7. Deaths 1. In Wesham 4 cases were notified as Typhoid Fever and conveyed to the Isolation Hospital, but after close obser- vation and having the Wi^al reaction taken, they were found to be free from this disease. The case in Freckleton no cause could be discovered as to the origin, the patient having been a pilot and moving about from place to place. In Marton 1 case, due to defective drains. In Hardhorn 1 case, which terminated fatally.