[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Hitchin R.D.C.

  • Hitchin (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Hitchin R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. of cases in which defects found ’No’, of Particulars Found Remedied To 'EM. Inspcc, T By H. if. i Ins pec. : rosec-i utions ; Want of cleanliness 1 j ! . ! i Overcrowding * - - i » - Unreasonable temp. - - - > Inadequate ventil. Ineffective drainage i - - of floors Sanitary Conveniences •* •* 1 ) (a) Insufficient (b) Unsuitable or 2 1 i _ i _ i i defective (c) Not separate ' *• — i m j for sexes Other offences ““ j i ! ! against the Act 2 1 | - - | r - - j Total 4 2 | [ J- j J J Outworkers. There are 15 outworkers reported in the district. SECTION F Prevalence of and Control over. Infectious and other Diseases During the year local notifications of infectious disease (after correction of diagnosis) were: Measles 248, whooping cough 120, dysentery 39, acute pneumonia 11, scarlet fever 7, acute poliomyelitis 1, diphtheria 1, erysipelas 1, and infective hepatitis 1 Measles and whooping cough were moderately high in their incidence, mainly at infant school ago, in the first and second quarters. Scarlet Fever notifications were remarkably low (total 7). Apart from a group of three children in Ashwcll they were scattered in distribution and apparently of mild severity. Dysentery notifications arose mainly from an institutional outbreak of Sonne infection in the first quarter. Acute pneumonia notifications were almost wholly coincident with influenza prevalence around the month of February. Aoute poliomyelitis was confined to an adult caravan dweller in a rural village - the only confimed case in North Herts, during the year.