[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Bakewell R.D.C. Northern Division.

  • Bakewell (England). Rural District Council (Northern Division)
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Bakewell R.D.C. Northern Division. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Every house where a case of Scarlet Fever occurred was kept under strict observation until disinfection had been carried out. The case that occurred at Bradwe.il on the last day of the year was, upon investigation, believed to have been infected by contact with a neighbouring city. Two cases occurred at The Gardens, Chatsworth, the first one in October, the notification certificate for which bearing date October 25th, was sent to the Isolation Hospital provided by the Haddon Joint Hospital Board. This child was returned home on December 10th. having been in the hospital six weeks and five days. Shortly thereafter another child in the same family developed Scarlet Fever, and in dealing with this case in my Monthly Report to your Council the following occurs:— “ . . . In the course of our investigations into this “ case, we were told that the father or mother went to “ the hospital each week to bring away the underclothing “ of the patient to be washed, and that this washing was “ regularly done at home. This is a truly remarkable “ state of affairs, and in my experience unique. If we “ are correctly informed, it is a matter to which the “attention of the Haddon Joint Hospital Board ought “ at once to be directed. An isolation hospital without “ a laundry is an absolute farce.’’ The source of infection could not be detected in the first case, unless it might be by coming into contact with children from a neighbouring school. Two cases occurred at Edensor in October. The only probable source of infection in these cases was mixing with children from another village who attended a school where Scarlet Fever had long been prevalent. Two cases were notified from Eyam. The first was; believed to have received the infection from a person who came on a visit from a neighbouring locality. In the second case no definite source of infection could be traced. One case occurred at Foolow, and our investigations lead us to form the opinion that the infection had been conveyed by a person from a district known to be an infected area. One case occurred at the inn at Hassop in the month of September. Here there was no definite source of infection,