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Treatment of Phthisis.
Amongst the information asked for by the Board for the
first time this year is a statement as to the amount of sanatorium
and hospital accommodation which is available for early,
intermediate and advanced cases of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Housing of the Working Classes Acts.
It may not be out of place to point out that the report of
your Medical Officer must contain adequate information in
regard not only to the vital statistics, sanitary circumstances
and administration of the district but to the action taken under
the Housing of the Working Classes Acts.
If such information is not given the Medical Officer of
Health of the County is required by the order of the Local
Government Board of 29th July, 1910, to obtain further information
on these matters.
Result of Census Returns.
In comparing this report with previous years great care
must be shown, owing to the fact that the population of the
Borough was over estimated in 1910 to the extent of 10,144
persons. This of course makes the actual death rate appear
high compared with the previous year, when in fact it was only
.6 per 1,000 higher. The same factor causes the birth rate
also to appear 2.7 per 1,000 higher, when actually it is .4 per
1,000 higher.
Infectious Diseases.
There is a marked decline in the prevalence of typhoid
fever, which is an indication of the sanitary progress of the
Borough. Measles and scarlet fever have been prevalent
during the year but fortunately they have both been of a mild
type. In addition to which the order of the Local Government
Board authorizing the Metropolitan Asylumns Board to utilize
spare accommodation in their hospitals for the reception and