[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley R.D.C.

  • Burnley (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following table gives the distribution of Infectious disease among the various townships :— TOWNSHIP. i Scarlet j 1 Fever. ! ! Typhoid ‘ Fever. Diphtheria. 7) u i _ _4 Measles. Acute Poliomvelitis. Puerperal Fevei'. I Influenza Pneumonia. Ophthamia j Neonatorum, i Total Cases. 1 ■ 1 Althani : .. • • 1 8 9 Barley Blacko •• 1 • • 5 1 1 • • 5 1 Briercliffc 4 1 2 9 • • 6 22 Cliviger 8 * , . 1 4 , , 13 Dunnockshaw 1 2 . , 1 4 Foulridge 1 24 1 . . 26 Goldshaw 1 1 • • « . , , 2 Habergham 1 2 1 • . . . 4 Hapton 1 1 3 7 1 13 Higliam • . . 5 4 • . 9 Huncoat 1 1 31 3 1 37 Ightenhill 1 2 • • , . , , 3 Northtown 1 , , 2 « • 3 Old Laund Booth 1 4 . . 32 1 1 * * ! « . 39 Nevchurch • • . . : 17 1 • • 1 . , 17 Reedley Hallov s .... < • i 1 1 . . 1 • • 1 1 ! 1 4 Roughlee ! . . > i • • 1 6 ! .. ! 1 • • 1 . . 6 Sabden i Simonstoiie Worsthorne 5 : , , 1 ^ i 1 1 5 1 1 3 . . 1 i 4 1 ’ * 42 2 .3 Total 22 2 36 4 3 i i 159 i 1 2 32 3 264 No notification of infectious diseases has been received from Read. Barley, Rccdley Hallows, Roughlee Booth and Worsthorne are the townships from which only measles were notified. This year there has been a serious increase in the numbe^' of cases, apart from measles, the principal increase being caused by diphtheria of which we have 35 more cases. SCARI.ET FEVER. There were 22 cases of Scarlet Fever reported, as against 12 for the previous year. 8 of these cases occurred at Cliviger, 4 of which were removed to the Sanatorium. 2 cases occurred at one house, but apart from this no connection was traceable from one case to another.