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Hayes and Harlington 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
One registered slaughter-house, one permanently licensed and one
annually licensed slaughter-house were discontinued during the year.
Four applications were received for licensing of premises as slaughterhouses
under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938. These premises will be
licensed on completion of certain works of improvement.
(c) ADULTERATION, ETC. Particulars not available.
SECTION F.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The clinic started at Harlington Cottage Hospital in January was discontinued at the end of July and was not resumed owing to lack of applications for immunisation and the fact that the hospital was converted into a first-aid post.
| HAYES COTTAGE HOSPITAL | HARLINGTON COTTAGE HOSPITAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of sessions | 38 | 26 |
| Number of attendances | 1,582 | 1,028 |
| Number of certificates issued | 350 | 132 |
| Number of re-tests | 369 | 151 |
| Percentage of failure to immunise | 4.15 | 12.58 |
| Successfully immunised | 95.85 | 87.42 |
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES(other than Tuberculosis) DURING THE YEAR, 1939.
| Disease | Total Cases Notified | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 66 | 50 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 32 | 29 | 3 |
| Enteric fever | 1 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 23 | 19 | 36 (all forms) |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 2 | |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 | |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - |
| Measles from 23rd | 4 | .. | |
| Whooping cough) October, 1939 | 1 | 2) all year |
ANALYSIS OF THE TOTAL CASES.
| At Ages | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 2 | 2 3 | 3 4 | 4 5 | 5 10 | 10 15 | 15 20 | :20 35 | 35 45 | 45 65 | 65 and over | |
| Scarlet fever | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Enteric fever | 1 | — | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | |||||||
| Poliomyelitis | - | 2 | - | - | - | |||||||
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Measles ) from 23rd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Whooping cough) October, 1939 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
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