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Richmond upon Thames 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
Small-pox. No cases of this disease were notified during the year.
Diphtheria. During the year there were 11 cases of this disease
notified as compared with 21 for the previous year. Three deaths
occurred. Seven cases were removed to Mogden Hospital, being
63 per cent, of the notified cases. One case was brought to the
Royal Hospital from Feltham.
The arrangement for storing anti-diphtheritic serum at the Royal
Hospital continues to be very satisfactory.
Erysipelas. Twenty-three cases of this disease were notified
during the year, as compared with 20 for the previous
year. One death was registered as due to this disease.
Scarlet Fever. Forty-six cases of this disease were notified during
the year, as compared with 68 for the previous year.
Ten of these cases occurred during the month of October.
One death occurred from this disease. Thirty-nine cases were
removed to Mogden Hospital, being 57 per cent, of the cases
notified.
Enteric Fever. Thirteen cases only of this disease were notified
during the year, and two of those were brought to the
Royal Hospital from outside districts. Seven cases were notified
in 1904 and 13 in 1903, 4 deaths of residents and 1 non-resident
were reported as due to this disease.
Measles. Eighty-one cases of this disease were notified by
the school teachers, as compared with 225 for the
previous year, and 16 for 1903. Altogether there were 107 children
kept from school on account of this disease, in addition to those
kept away by closing of schools. The first serious outbreak
occurred in connection with the infant department of the British
Schools, when we found, upon investigation, 33 different infected
homes containing 50 children. The 33 cases all began to be ill
between the 26th and 28th of March.