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Chislehurst 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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52
SECTION F.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Two hundred and ninety-six visits were made to notified cases
of infectious disease.
Six hundred and sixty cases of infectious disease (excluding
tuberculosis) were notified during 1954, as compared with 1,862 in
1953.
There was no serious epidemic during the period although a
considerable increase in the incidence of measles was noted towards
the end of the year.
Statistical details of infectious diseases will be found in Tables
IV and V in the Appendix.
Smallpox.
No cases were notified during the year, but three contacts were
brought to the notice of the Department and kept under supervision
during the requisite period.
Although we had another year free from this disease, it is still
an ever present potential danger which may arise at any moment—
the danger perhaps being greater with the ever increasing speed
with which it is possible to travel from one part of the globe to
another.
The following figures, which have been furnished by the County Medical Officer, show the number of persons in the area who were vaccinated against smallpox during 1954.
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