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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hayes and Harlington 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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SECTION E.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
Number of sessions. 151
Number of attendances. 7,327
Number of injections given. 5,175
Number of re-tests. 870
Successfully immunised. after one course of injections. 794
or 91.26 p.c.
Percentage of failure to immunise. 8.74 p.c.
(These were all successfully immunised after a second
course of injections).
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis) DURING THE YEAR, 1941.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 99 | 85 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Enteric fever | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 34 | 32 | 42 (all forms) |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 3 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — |
| Measles. | 986 | 11 | 3 |
| Whooping cough | 265 | 5 | 1 |
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 | - | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Enteric fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 2 | — | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | - | — | _ | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | — | — | — | - | — | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 34 | 99 | 110 | 125 | 106 | 454 | 34 | 8 | 16 | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | 20 | 27 | 48 | 52 | 26 | 88 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |