HH62/1/BRWICK/1

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TO THE
COUNTY COUNCIL OF BERWICKSHIRE
as Local Authority under the Public Health Acts.

DUNS, 10th February 1892.
THE County Council as Local Authority having, under Section 8
of the Public Health Act, adopted the Bye-Laws, No. 1., recom-
mended by the Board of Supervision for regulating the duties of
County Medical Officers, I, in accordance with these regulations,
have prepared the following report for the year ending 31st December
1891, which I have now the honour to submit to you.
Having been appointed County Medical Officer of Health so
recently as May, and the District Medical Officers having held their
appointments only for three months or thereabouts, it cannot be
expected that I should be in a position to give a report for the whole
year now ended.
During the months of May, June, July, and August, a mild form
of Scarlet Fever and Hooping Cough was prevalent in the different
Districts, but otherwise the County was fairly healthy. During
September there were no new cases, but in October both diseases
re-appeared, and mild cases were reported up to the end of the year.
In the East District there were 33 cases reported with 1 death, and
3 cases were ascertained without being notified. In the Middle District
46 cases were ascertained before the Notification Act came into
operation, 2 proving fatal, and 41 notified, with 2 fatal cases. In
the West District there were 21 cases notified. These figures, how-
ever, cannot be relied upon as giving any useful statistical informa-
tion, as the Infectious Diseases Notification Act was adopted by the
three districts at different periods.