[Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1894
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: [Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Houses whose sanitary condition was bad, and which required attention, have either already been amended or are in hand with a view to amendment. Although intercourse in Schools is a fruitful cause of spread of infectious diseases as a rule, but one set of seven cases occurred in 1894 in connection with any particular School. There was no (£ milk ” epidemic, nor did any laundry act as a centre for the spread of disease. The cases were for the most part isolated cases, and in many instances the most diligent investigation failed to trace the definite cause, although possible causes were nearly always obtained. Among the causes of the decrease in the number of infectious diseases notified in 1894 are the following 1. The absence of epidemics. 2. The immediate action taken by the department on the receipt of notifications, including disinfection by skilled inspectors. 3. The existence of epidemics in 1893, lessening the number of susceptible children in 1894 as they had already suffered. 4. The improved sanitary condition of the Borough. 5. The meteorological conditions, especially the low summer heat and the almost continuous rainfall in the summer. 6. The increased percentage of cases removed to the Sanatorium and the consequent lessening of the foci of infection. Removals to the Sanatorium. In some measure the freedom of the borough from infectious disease in 1894 was due to the thorough isolation of so many of the cases, 72-9 per cent, of the whole number notified (except erysipelas cases) being removed to the Borough Sanatorium. This appreciation of the advantages offered by that institution must be a source of gratification