[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilkeston Borough.

  • Ilkeston (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1930
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    had acquired it from his brother, who had recently been ill with symptoms suggestive of influenza, who also had never been vac- cinated and in whom vaccination as a contact was not successful although repeated. All contacts were diligently searched out and vaccinated. No vaccinations were performed by the Medical Officer of Health. Chicken Pox was more prevalent than usual, there being 120 notified cases, of which two-thirds occurred in the infant school children. Enteric Fever.—No cases of the enteric group of diseases were notified during the year. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—There were two cases resulting in unimpaired vision. Influenza.—There was no serious incidence of this disease. Five deaths were attributed to influenza, compared to twenty-nine in the previous year, when it assumed epidemic proportions. Acute Primary Pneumonia.—The number of notified cases was 15. There was no other important occurrence of notifiable infectious disease and no serious prevalence of animal or insect pests. The disinfection of premises was carried out by the Health Department, 428 rooms being disinfected. Clothing and other articles exposed to infection were disinfected at the Isolation Hospital. Pathological and bacteriological specimens were sent for examin- ation to the County Laboratory at Derby, where 121 specimens were dealt with from this area. Prevention of Blindness.—No action was taken under Section 66 of the Public Health Amendment Act, 1925. Cancer.—The deaths from malignant disease remain fairly constant. The Local Authority gave a donation of £100 to the Nottingham Council of the British Empire Cancer Campaign to assist in the purchase of radium, which is available at the General Hospital. Rheumatic Fever.—One cannot help feeling that the rheumatic group of diseases requires a larger amount of attention devoting to them, especially with the object of settling on a definite and scientific basis what factors are of importance in their causation..