[Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1894
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Credit: [Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    some. The drains of premises affected were badly constructed and were remedied. The Medical Officer believes sewer gas the commonest cause of Diplitlieria. Scarla¬ tina caused 2 deaths; Membranous Croup, 1; Enteric Fever, 1; Measles, 2, Whooping Cough, 5. Infectious Diseases Hospital.—None. “ In order to reap the fullest benefit to be derived from the Infectious Disease Notification Act, 188h, a special hospital should be provided for the immediate reception of the case notified.” Disinfection Means.—No special apparatus. Provision of disinfecting machine advised, as also of a spraying machine for corrosive sublimate to disinfect rooms. Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops.—Regularly inspected, and orders to whitewash, etc., given as required. Slaughter-houses, Bake-houses.—Inspected regularl^q and faulty conditions dealt with. Inspector of Nuisances’ Report.—Appended. General nuisance work recorded. 351 various nuisances dealt with. Housing of the Working Classes.—Dwellings throughout district generally reported satisfactory ; some cottages are old, but not necessarily unfit for habitation. Bye-laws.—No mention. Factory^ and Workshops Act.—Such as come under this Act visited by Inspectors, and reports made where found necessary. 1894. GLUTTON. Area, 42,027 acres. Population, 16,413 (census 1891). Geology, Occupation, 1894. Birth Rate Death Rate Zymotic Rate Infant Mortality 20-5 14-3 per 1000 living. V V 2-1 5) 9P7 per 10(X) births. 'For last three ^ months of 1894 RURAL, M.O.H., Dr. Whicher. 1893. 1892. 1891. 1890. 31*3. 27-2. 29-8. 25-9. 16-7. 17-5. 16-9. 154. 1-6. 0-9. 0-7. 0-6. 75-7. 97-7. 108. 108. Water Supply*.—Four samples analysed : 3 pure, 1 impure. Sewerage and Drainage, Fxcrement Disposal.—Medical Officer directs Council’s attention to the state of the Paulton Sewer at Gooseforde Bridge where it passes under the road in a culvert; the sewer empties into a pond on the Paulton side of the culvert: this pond in dry weather is a dangerous nuisance. Medical Officer sucrtrests covering in the sewer on either side of the culvert for at least 60 feet. OO Cj Scavenging.—No mention. Prevalence of Disease.—Notifications, 26, viz :—Scarlatina, 12 ; Diphtheria, 2; Fnteric Fever, 2; Continued Fever, 1; Frysipelas, 10. B