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Infective Diseases.
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The total number of cases, less Tuberculosis and Ophthalmia
Neonatorum, was 2,43G, compared with 3,762 in 1931, 3,991 in
1930, 5,246 in 1929, and 4,149 in 1928. The decrease, compared
with previous years, is mainly due to the fact that Whooping
Cough ceased to be notfiable in April.
Small-pox.
During the year 12 cases of Small-pox occurred, compared
with four cases in 1931. There were no deaths.
Nine of the patients had never been vaccinated, two of them,
both adults, one aged 42 and the other 56, were vaccinated in
infancy, and the other case was a woman who was exposed to
infection and vaccinated too late to protect her against an attack
of the disease. She was vaccinated three days before the disease
developed.
Vaccination.
Table XII. is taken from the official returns of the Vaccination
Officers for the year 1931. It shows the number of
children successfully vaccinated for the whole Borough, as well
as for the separate sub-districts.
The percentage of children vaccinated to total births was
53-0—in Clapham, 50-9; in Putney, 68-1; in Balham, 50-7;
in Streatham, 50-7; in Tooting, 37-4; in Southfield, 62-2; and
in Springfield 55-9. This percentage is lower than that recorded
last year.
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