[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley (Union) R.D.C.

  • Barnsley (England : Unitary authority). Rural District Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    infectious Diseases. Attack Rate. Of the seven principal infectious diseases, namely:— Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diph- theria, Enteric Fever, and Diarrhoea, only Measles caused any deaths in your district during 1913. There were two deaths from Measles, and these were children just under 2 years and just over 5 years respectively, both living in Carlton. The Zymotic death rate for your district is therefore 48 as compared with ‘8 for Rural England and Wales. The diseases which now come under the Notifications Act are Small Pox, Typhoid Fever, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Erysipelas, Puerperal Fever, and Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 16 notifications were received during the year as compared with 14 the previous year. 3 (6j of these were cases of Scarlet Fever, 2 at Stainbrough and 1 at Billingley; 4 (2) were cases of Diphtheria, 3 from Woolley Colliery and 1 at Billingley ; 5 (1) were cases of Typhoid Fever, 1 from Carlton, 2 from Woolley, and 2 from Stainbrough; 1 (3) case of Erysipelas from Stainbi’ough ; 3 (1) wei’e cases of Pulmoiiary Tubercu- losis, 1 each from Caidton, Woolley, and Notton. The Carlton case was not discovered to be such until the man died at Leeds Infirmary. 3 of the four cases of Diphtheria, 1 of the Scarlet Fever cases, and 4 of the cases of Typhoid Fever were isolated in the Kendray Hospital, where they all recovered. Each case was visited as soon as possible after the receipt of the notification, and the sanitary condition of the premises was investigated. The milk and water supply and the amount of bedroom accommodation were enquired into, and the parents or friends of patients suffering from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, or Typhoid Fever were urged to take advantage of the Kendray Hospital. In cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria any school attended by children from the infected house was warned of the danger of infection, and when the patient had been removed to Hospital, or, if kept at home, had suflBciently recovered, the house was disinfected by a spray of formalin solution, while any clothes or bedding, when necessary, were disinfected by steam in a Thresh Steam Disinfector. The Attack Rates for your District as given by Dr. Newsholme, the Medical Officer of the Local Government Board, are as follows :—'73 per I.UOU persons living for Scarlet Fever; P21 for Typhoid Fever; '24 for Erysipelas; and ‘97 for Diphtheria.