Dr. H. F. Parson's report on the general sanitary condition of the Bedlingshire urban district, and on the recent prevalence of scarlet fever in the district.

  • Parsons, H. F.
Date:
1880
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Credit: Dr. H. F. Parson's report on the general sanitary condition of the Bedlingshire urban district, and on the recent prevalence of scarlet fever in the district. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    be invited to avail themselves of the hospital for the treatment therein of any patients who at their own houses ate so lodged as to be dangerous to other members of the family. An ambulance should also be provided for the conveyance of persons suffering from infectious disease to the hospital. The provisions of the Public Health Act against the exposure of infected persons or things should be strictly enforced. APPENDIX. Analysis of water supplied to Bedlington from River Blyth above HumfordMill in 1876, made by Mr. Pattison, Analytical Chemist, Newcastle-on-Tyne. It contains as follows per imperial gallon : — Graius. Carbonate of lime - - 8-74 Carbonate of magnesia- 3-29 Sulphate of lime ... 5-44 Sulphate of magnesia ... 1*36 Chloride of sodium ... 2-37 Nitrate of soda - . a trace Organic matter - - 0-80 Total solid matter - _ - 22-00 Hardness before boiling 14 *8 degrees. This water is similar in character to the Whittle Dene water supplied to Newcastle and Gateshead. L 0 N DON: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spoitiswo®dk, Printers to the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty. For Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. [11709.-100.- 3/80.]