[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicestershire / County of Leicester County Council.

  • Leicestershire (England). County Council.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicestershire / County of Leicester County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASTLE BONINGTON. Medical Officer of Health, Dr. J. A. Hogg. Nett. Est. Population. Birth Pate. Death Rate. Zymotic Rate. Infant Mortality. 6,258 26-8 13*7 ' D6 119 Considered together, the above rates, excepting the Zymotic Castle Donington, rate, are proportionately better than last year. From Zymotic r4>486 acres, diseases there were 10 deaths, viz. :—Measles 5, Whooping Cough 1, ^ Pans es* Diphtheria 1, and Diarrhoea 3. There were 2 deaths from Phthisis and 1 from other Tubercular diseases. The notification of Infectious diseases totalled 23, being Scarlet Fever 22, and Membranous Croup 1. The Scarlet Fever cases were distributed as follows :—Kegworth 7, Castle Bonington 6, Hemington 4, Breedon 3, and Lockington 2. The disease was of a very mild type. Attempts were made to get patients into the Draycott Isolation Hospital, but the hospital was always full, and was therefore not available; the existing arrange¬ ments with that Hospital Committee cannot be considered to be of the slightest value. Measles occurred at Kegworth early in the year, and the schools were closed. The public water supply has been ex¬ tended at Castle Donington and Kegworth; eight samples of well water were analysed, and 7 found to be polluted. Attention has been paid to the question of excrement and sewage disposal, but the much needed public scavengers have not yet been appointed. Out of the Factory and Workshops Act 21 nuisances were abated, 2 cases in Infectious disease occurred in houses of home workers. TIALLATON. Medical Officer of Health, Dr. J. E. O’Connor. Nett Est. Population. Birth Rate. Death Rate. Zymotic Rate. Infant Mortality. 1,840 22-2 10-8 0-00 24 These Mortality rates are not only below the mean for the pre¬ ceding decennium, but are, so far as can be ascertained, the lowest recorded in the district. There were no deaths from Zymotic diseases. From Phthisis 2 deaths occurred, and 1 from other Tubercular diseases; all three were in the parish of Great Easton. There were only two notifications of Infectious illness, both being of Scarlet Fever; one occurring at Hallaton and the other at Medbourne. Whooping Cough was prevalent at Medbourne in September, and involved school closure. There are no factories and only 8 work¬ shops, 6 of which are bakehouses; all are kept in a cleanly condi¬ tion, and the bakehouses are regularly limewashed. Hallaton, 13,054 acres. 9 parishes.