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Chigwell 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
| Nor of Admissions to | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Hospitals | Deaths | |
| *Acute Primary Pneumonia | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dysentery | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| *Erysipelas | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Food Poisoning | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| øInfective Jaundice | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Measles | 131 | 0 | 0 |
| *Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Whooping Cough | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 198 | 6 | 0 | |
*Not notifiable after 1st October 1968
øNotifiable since 1st October 1968
TUBERCULOSIS CASE FINDING AMONG SCHOOL ENTRANTS:
The results obtained in the District are as follows:-
Number to whom offered 492
Number tested and percentage 393 (73,73%)
Positive reactors -
Known contacts 7
Newly found reactors 16
Total: 23
The new reactors were referred to the Chest Physician for
investigation. Where necessary, members of the child's family and other
contacts were called for examination, but in no instance was anything of
serious significance discovered.
/VACCINATION
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