[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampton].

  • Hampton (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1915]
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    7 Midwives' Act, 1902. The supervision of the midwives practising in the district is carried out under the direction of the County Medical Officer of Health. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. In Table II will be found a summary of the notifications received during the year under the provisions of the Infectious Diseases (Notification) Acts and the Public Health (Tuber culosis) Regulations. There have been no cases of small-pox, enteric fever or puerperal fever. Scarlet Fever. Forty-six cases were notified: of these forty-two were treated in the Council's Isolation Hospital and one at a London Hospital; the latter case occurring while the patient was in hospital for an operation. Of the forty-six cases, twenty-two occurred in Hampton and twenty-four in Hampton Hill. It is interesting to note that twenty-two of these cases occurred in seven houses. A small outbreak occurred during September and October, twenty cases being notified in the two months, mainly among scholars attending the Hampton Hill Schools. I visited the school during the outbreak and with the County Medical Officer made an inspection of the children with a view to the discovery of any missed cases. Prompt measures were taken to prevent the spread of infection and the class room in which the majority of the cases occurred was disinfected.