[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Leake R.D.C.

Leake (England). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1897

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LEAKE RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH Fob the Yeab Ending Decembeb 318t, 1897. -Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my annual report on the health of your distriot during the year 1897. 1 am glad to be able to state at onoe that the report is a very satisfactory one, the death rate is low, the zymotic death rate is not high, and the number of infectious diseases notified is very small in comparison with previous years. MORTALITY. The total number of deaths registered during the year was 48, which is an annual death rate of 12 9 per 1000 of the population ; this ie a very satis¬ factory death rate, being 1-5 below the average death rate of the last seven years. ZYMOTIC MOBTALITY. Four deaths occurred from this olass of diseases, two being caused by typhoid fever at Willoughby, and two by whooping cough at Bempstone ; this is a zymotio death rate of 1 0 per thousand, whioh is slightly above the average. BIBTHS. The total number of births registered was 107, which is an annual birth rate of 28 per thousand INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFICATION. The total number of cases notified under this Aot was 13, and were as follows : Scarlet fever 3, diph¬ theria 2, typhoid fever 6, erysipelas 2. SCABLET FEVEB. All the three oases occurred in January. Two oocurred at Willoughby, and one at Bempstone. There were no visible insanitary conditions in either case. DIPHTHERIA. One case oocurred in East Leake in February, and was attributed tc looal insanitary conditions, whioh were ordered to be remedied ; and the second arose in Bempstone in June, and no cause could be discovered to account for it. TYPHOID FEVEB. Two distinot outbreaks of this disease ocourred, one at Willoughby in March, where three cases oocurred on the same premises, two of which proved fatal. Polluted drinking water was the cause to which this outbreak was attributed. The seoond outbreak oocurred at Sutton Bonington in Deoember, where two cases ocourred up to the end of the year ; this was also due to polluted drinking water. One other oase occurred at Sutton Bon¬ ington in October, for whioh no oause could be assigned. EBYSIPELAS. Two cases of this disorder were notified. Both occurred at Willoughby, one in January and the other in April. They were of no significance from a sanitary point of view. COtTOCK. Births 12, deaths 6, no infectious disease. Death rate, 20 9 per thousand. EAST LEAKE. Births 27, deaths 8, one case of diphtheria noti¬ fied. Death rate, 9 7 per thousand. NOBMANTON-ON-SOAB. Births 10, death 1, no infeotious disease. Death rate, 2’9 per thousand. BEMPSTONE. Births 8, deaths 5, two of whioh were caused by whooping cough. One oase of scarlet fever, and one of diphtheria were notified. Death rate, 16 5 per thousand. STANFOBD-ON-SOAB. Births 4, death 1, no infeotious disease. Death rate, 6 0 per thousand. SUTTON BONINGTON. Births 21, deaths 15, three oases of typhoid fever notified. Death rate, 15T per thousand. THOBPE-IN-THE-GLEBE AND WYSALL. Births 8, deaths 3, no infectious disease. Death rate, 13 2 per thousand. WEST LEAKE. Births 2, death 1, no infectious disease. Death rate, 6.4 per thousand. WILLOUGHBY-ON-THE-WOLDS. Births 15, deaths 6. Two cas«s of scarlet fever, three of typhoid fever, and two of erysipelas were notified. Death rate, 14-8 per thousand. WATER SUPPLY. The water supply of the district is derived exclu¬ sively from wells, and as the quality of well water is constantly liable to change, on account of move¬ ment of subsoil water, &o., it requires great watch¬ fulness on the part of your Inspector, to prevent pollution from the surface, by accumulations of filth placed too near wells. This is a matter of the gravest importance, as the health of a district very largely depends on the purity of its water supply. Both the outbreaks of typhoid fever referred to above were attributable to drinking impure water. Eleven samples of drinking water were submitted to me for analysis by the Inspector during the year; in six of these oases the water was so impure as to justify me in condemning it as unfit for drinking. In each of these instances steps were taken to pro¬ vide a supply of suitable drinking water. HOUSE BEFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL. This is aooomplished in the old-fashioned manner by the oommon midden and privy arrangement, and it has answered fairly satisfactorily. Ca>es of overfull or leaky middens occasionally oocur, but they are soon detected by the Inspector, who takes steps to prevent a recurrence of the nuisanoe. CONCLUSION. The sanitary condition of the distriot, at the end of the year, is on the whole satisfactory. The out¬ break of typhoid fever at Satton Bonington is weil under oontrol, and I do not anticipate any further spread. The other portions of the distriot are quite free from preventible disease. 1 have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, TdOMAS COBC 'BAN Medical Ofli or of Health. Loughborough, 25th January, 1898. TABULATED STATISTICS Mortality at all ages 48, under one year 6, one and under five 2, five and under fifteen 2, fifteen and under twenty-five 2, twenty-five and under sixty-five 18, sixty-five and upwards 18. Number of deaths in eaoh parish : Costook 6, East Leake 8, Normanton-on-Soar 3, Bempstone 5, Stanford-on-Soar 1, Sutton Bonington 15, Thorpe- in-the-Glebe and Wysall 3, West Leake 1, Wil- loughby-on-the-Wolds 6. Mortality from subjoined oauses, under five years: whooping cough 2, bronchitis 2, all other diseases 4, total 8 ; five years and upwards : typhoid fever 2, phthisis 1, bronchitis 3, heart disease 9, injuries 3, all other diseases 22, total 40. Births registered during the year. 107. Population 1891 census, 3699. Area of the dis¬ trict, 17076 acres. Death rates : general, 12 9 per thousand ; infants under one year, 56 per thousand births registered. -i INSPEGTOB OF NUISANCES' BEPOBT Sutton Bonington, February 14th, 1898. To the Chairman and Members of the Leake Rural District Council. Gentlemen, I have duriDg the past year made 237 inspections and 50 re-inspections, in parishes comprising the Leake Bural Distriot Council. The sewage dykes have had their annual cleansing. Drains taken up and oleansed or new, provided by the owners, 8. Two new middens have been built and three repaired, and 16 new trapped grates have been pro¬ vided for the villages. Eleven samples of drinking water taken for analysis. Overcrowding in three houses have been abated, four dirty houses cleansed, three new wells sunk and water provided, and one cleansed. Houses disinfected after infeotious disease, 11 I have at various times visited the cowsheds of the purveyors of milk, and found the requirements contained in the Dairy and Milk Shops Order, 1885, were beiog carried out. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, GALLIO BOWLES, Sanitary Inspector.