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1031 of the Wakefield Rural Sanitary Authority, those of Mr. J. A. E. Stuart, medical officer of health of Batley, and those of Mr. F. G. Twigg, medical officer of health of Mexborough, which are embodied by Dr. Kaye in his report, seem to show that this grave infantile mortality is largely due to a total ignorance of domestic hygiene on the part of the mothers.
removed, and the general work conscientiously and effectively carried out by their officers. We have included the last sentence of our quotation because it closes the report of the committee, and when
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read in the light of what goes before it seems to be jocular. It must also be taken in connexion with a detailed list showing the " Results of Inspection by Committee," the first four clauses of which specify the following sanitary shortMEDICAL LEGISLATION IN RHODESIA. comings as existing in houses in Middle-road : Open ashpits the public street; overcrowding of organ men and OUR readers will remember that we latelyhad occasion to ’, adjoining ice-cream vendors ; dilapidated wood buildings with defeccriticise unfavourably some very crude attempts at medical tive pavement used for the purpose of making and storing legislation in Rhodesia. We are glad to learn that they have defective and broken-down privy and ashpit in a not yet received the sanction of the High Commissioner, and ice-cream ; most insanitary condition adjoining the public street. We there is reason to hope that the promulgation of the have taken the liberty of italicising a line or two in that Ordinance to which we referred will be indefinitely postof the committee’s report which refers to the medical part poned. officer of health. Is the Dewsbury Corporation now in earnest to approve of the recommendations sufficiently THE SAD CASE OF THE LEICESTER made by this gentleman "some years ago" ? It would be GUARDIANS. to know who is responsible for the existence of interesting THE Leicester Guardians have now been severally served this accumulation of offences against the first principles with a notice requiring the return of the writ of mandamus of state of health-a things which is most injurious public of the High Court within eight days. The English of this to the and moral, of any community, well-being, physical is that if the Leicester Guardians do not appoint a vaccinathe by persistent exposure of which the -De7vsbitry tion officer they may have to go to prison. It is said that in the best interests of the town. has acted Reporter the guardians are divided in their opinion as to the course they should pursue, 20 being willing to do their legal duty MANCHESTER’S NEW HOSPITAL. and 26 sticking out for the crown of martyrdom. ON Monday, Oct. 9th, the Countess of Derby laid the foundation stone of the new St. Mary’s Hospital and ManINSANITARY HOUSES IN DEWSBURY. chester and Salford Lying-in Hospital and Dispensary for SANITARY inquiries conducted by competent journalists Women and Children. When the project of building the have often borne good fruit, for newspaper publicity supplies new hospital was first started some opposition was an admirable stimulus to local authorities, especially when made to the proposal on account of the site chosen the said authorities are inclined to slackness in the admini- and difficulties also arose, it will be remembered, in stration of the district committed to their care. An excel- connexion with the conditional gift of the Lewis lent illustration of this view has recently come to light at These troubles have now, we hope, passed Yorkshire town of an about and 29,000 away Dewsbury, important everyone, we feel sure, will wish success and inhabitants Some months ago the Dewsbury Reporter prosperity to the new hospital. The old institution of articles on the of a series was founded in but the special housing published 1790, hospital has been moved the poor in Dewsbury, showing that the sanitary condi- from time to time and has now become quite inadetion of parts of the borough was most unsatisfactory, and quate in size to deal with the immense calls upon its rein our issue of July 22nd we commented upon the facts set sources. Hence the magnificent new building for the forth. No sooner did the revelations appear than some of the designs of which Mr. Alfred Waterhouse, R.A., is responleading townspeople condemned them as exaggerated and sible. The conspicuous features of the elevation are the sensational, but further inquiry has abundantly justified the large circular ward block of the maternity department, the it was lines of which are reminiscent of the circular wards conaccuracy of the De7vsbur Reporter’s criticisms. found impossible to shelve the question any longer the cor- structed by the same architect for the Liverpool Royal Inporation referred it to the Sanitary Committee, which took firmary, the octagonal tower, and the sanitary turrets attached the judicious course of making a personal inspection of the to the circular ward and to the rectangular ward. The new alleged defects and has just presented its report. This hospital will be fitted for 125 patients, the larger portion report is of considerable length ; its general tenor will be being reserved for diseases of women. Further accommodaunderstood from the following extracts :tion will be ’provided inside the buildings for the training of medical students, nurses, midwives, and monthly nurses. "...... In the district of Dawgreen your committee the completion of the new structure £11,000 are still For found, as will be seen by the tables attached, many cases where alterations are required. In many cases houses have required. been illegally altered from their original purpose surreptitiously and without the sanction of the local authority....... INOCULATION OF SCARLET FEVER. In the property between Boothroyd-lane and the Park Walls A REMARKABLE article on the above subject by the late the main streets are in very good repair, but when the courts and squares come to be examined a lamentable state of Mr. Joseph William Stickler, M.S., M.D., of Orange, New affairs is disclosed. Some alteratioits are required, btd Jersey, U.S.A., is published in the New I-ork Medical Reeord chiefly that 1rhich was reeommended some years ago by the of Sept. 9th, 1899. A footnote explains that the manuscript medical officer-that a house should be demolished at each end of the squares, so as to make these blocks into open was found among the papers of the deceased physician. The streets. These blocks are a conspicuous example of the material for inoculation was obtained from the throat and evils of dwelling-houses built back-to-back in closed squares mouth of a patient who had a mild attack of scarlet fever. The and courts....... In Batley Carr we found a noisome lot of cases inoculated were 10 in all and all recovered. The effect habitations known as Brick-row, Lidgate-lane. The houses of inoculation was generally to produce sickness, diarrhoea, are badly built. They are also dirty throughout-the fault rise of temperature but not very high, some sore of the inhabitants. In tables appended to this report is and shown the work done by this committee, the evils and throat, general desquamation, but intense desquamation and sometimes abscess at the seat of inocula1 THE tion. The author in a note explains that he had hoped LANCET, July 29th, 1899, p. 286. -
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removed, and the general work conscientiously and effectively carried out by their officers. We have included the last sentence of our quotation because it closes the report of the committee, and when
nuisances
"
read in the light of what goes before it seems to be jocular. It must also be taken in connexion with a detailed list showing the " Results of Inspection by Committee," the first four clauses of which specify the following sanitary shortMEDICAL LEGISLATION IN RHODESIA. comings as existing in houses in Middle-road : Open ashpits the public street; overcrowding of organ men and OUR readers will remember that we latelyhad occasion to ’, adjoining ice-cream vendors ; dilapidated wood buildings with defeccriticise unfavourably some very crude attempts at medical tive pavement used for the purpose of making and storing legislation in Rhodesia. We are glad to learn that they have defective and broken-down privy and ashpit in a not yet received the sanction of the High Commissioner, and ice-cream ; most insanitary condition adjoining the public street. We there is reason to hope that the promulgation of the have taken the liberty of italicising a line or two in that Ordinance to which we referred will be indefinitely postof the committee’s report which refers to the medical part poned. officer of health. Is the Dewsbury Corporation now in earnest to approve of the recommendations sufficiently THE SAD CASE OF THE LEICESTER made by this gentleman "some years ago" ? It would be GUARDIANS. to know who is responsible for the existence of interesting THE Leicester Guardians have now been severally served this accumulation of offences against the first principles with a notice requiring the return of the writ of mandamus of state of health-a things which is most injurious public of the High Court within eight days. The English of this to the and moral, of any community, well-being, physical is that if the Leicester Guardians do not appoint a vaccinathe by persistent exposure of which the -De7vsbitry tion officer they may have to go to prison. It is said that in the best interests of the town. has acted Reporter the guardians are divided in their opinion as to the course they should pursue, 20 being willing to do their legal duty MANCHESTER’S NEW HOSPITAL. and 26 sticking out for the crown of martyrdom. ON Monday, Oct. 9th, the Countess of Derby laid the foundation stone of the new St. Mary’s Hospital and ManINSANITARY HOUSES IN DEWSBURY. chester and Salford Lying-in Hospital and Dispensary for SANITARY inquiries conducted by competent journalists Women and Children. When the project of building the have often borne good fruit, for newspaper publicity supplies new hospital was first started some opposition was an admirable stimulus to local authorities, especially when made to the proposal on account of the site chosen the said authorities are inclined to slackness in the admini- and difficulties also arose, it will be remembered, in stration of the district committed to their care. An excel- connexion with the conditional gift of the Lewis lent illustration of this view has recently come to light at These troubles have now, we hope, passed Yorkshire town of an about and 29,000 away Dewsbury, important everyone, we feel sure, will wish success and inhabitants Some months ago the Dewsbury Reporter prosperity to the new hospital. The old institution of articles on the of a series was founded in but the special housing published 1790, hospital has been moved the poor in Dewsbury, showing that the sanitary condi- from time to time and has now become quite inadetion of parts of the borough was most unsatisfactory, and quate in size to deal with the immense calls upon its rein our issue of July 22nd we commented upon the facts set sources. Hence the magnificent new building for the forth. No sooner did the revelations appear than some of the designs of which Mr. Alfred Waterhouse, R.A., is responleading townspeople condemned them as exaggerated and sible. The conspicuous features of the elevation are the sensational, but further inquiry has abundantly justified the large circular ward block of the maternity department, the it was lines of which are reminiscent of the circular wards conaccuracy of the De7vsbur Reporter’s criticisms. found impossible to shelve the question any longer the cor- structed by the same architect for the Liverpool Royal Inporation referred it to the Sanitary Committee, which took firmary, the octagonal tower, and the sanitary turrets attached the judicious course of making a personal inspection of the to the circular ward and to the rectangular ward. The new alleged defects and has just presented its report. This hospital will be fitted for 125 patients, the larger portion report is of considerable length ; its general tenor will be being reserved for diseases of women. Further accommodaunderstood from the following extracts :tion will be ’provided inside the buildings for the training of medical students, nurses, midwives, and monthly nurses. "...... In the district of Dawgreen your committee the completion of the new structure £11,000 are still For found, as will be seen by the tables attached, many cases where alterations are required. In many cases houses have required. been illegally altered from their original purpose surreptitiously and without the sanction of the local authority....... INOCULATION OF SCARLET FEVER. In the property between Boothroyd-lane and the Park Walls A REMARKABLE article on the above subject by the late the main streets are in very good repair, but when the courts and squares come to be examined a lamentable state of Mr. Joseph William Stickler, M.S., M.D., of Orange, New affairs is disclosed. Some alteratioits are required, btd Jersey, U.S.A., is published in the New I-ork Medical Reeord chiefly that 1rhich was reeommended some years ago by the of Sept. 9th, 1899. A footnote explains that the manuscript medical officer-that a house should be demolished at each end of the squares, so as to make these blocks into open was found among the papers of the deceased physician. The streets. These blocks are a conspicuous example of the material for inoculation was obtained from the throat and evils of dwelling-houses built back-to-back in closed squares mouth of a patient who had a mild attack of scarlet fever. The and courts....... In Batley Carr we found a noisome lot of cases inoculated were 10 in all and all recovered. The effect habitations known as Brick-row, Lidgate-lane. The houses of inoculation was generally to produce sickness, diarrhoea, are badly built. They are also dirty throughout-the fault rise of temperature but not very high, some sore of the inhabitants. In tables appended to this report is and shown the work done by this committee, the evils and throat, general desquamation, but intense desquamation and sometimes abscess at the seat of inocula1 THE tion. The author in a note explains that he had hoped LANCET, July 29th, 1899, p. 286. -
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and
trustees.
When
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