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Camberwell 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
DISEASE AND OTHER DISEASES.
Notifiable Diseases.
The following diseases are compulsorily notifiable in Camberwell:—
Acute Polio-encephalitis.
Membranous Croup.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Anthrax.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Plague.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Pneumonia— Acute Primary.
Cholera.
Pneumonia— Acute Influenzal.
Continued Fever.
Puerperal Fever.
Diphtheria.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Dysentery.
Relapsing Fever.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina.
Erysipelas.
Smallpox.
Food Poisoning.
Tuberculosis.
Glanders.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Hydrophobia.
Typhus Fever.
Malaria.
It is very satisfactory to report once again that the number of
notifications of infectious disease received shows a reduction, viz.,
1,289, as compared with 1,317 in 1935. There was a marked
decrease in the number of notifications of Diphtheria, from 363 in
1935 to 278 in 1936. There was, however, an increase in the
number of notifications of Scarlet Fever, viz., 722, as compared
with 605 in 1935. The remaining principal infectious diseases
showed no unusual features.
Smallpox.
No case of this disease was notified during the year, nor were
any vaccinations performed by the Medical Officer of Health under
the Public Health (Smallpox—Precautions) Regulations, 1917.
Diphtheria.
The number of cases of this disease notified during the year
was 278, and with three exceptions the patients were removed to
isolation hospitals for treatment.
Twenty-two cases were subsequently regarded as not suffering
from Diphtheria. The actual number of cases was therefore 256,
as compared with 333 in 1935. This is equal to an attack rate of
1.16 per 1,000 population. Thirteen deaths occurred, representing
a case mortality rate of 5.7 per cent. Diphtheria anti-toxin for
treatment and for prophylactic purposes is available free of charge
to medical practitioners during the day and night at the Town
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNI-SATION CLINIC. RETURN OF WORK. TABLE I.—AGES OF PERSONS SCHICK TESTED WITH RESULT OF TEST.
| 6 to 12 mths. | 1 to 2 yrs. | 2 to 3 yrs. | 3 to 4 yrs. | 4 to 5 yrs. | 5 to 6 yrs. | 6 to 7 yrs. | 7 to 8 yrs. | 8 to 9 yrs. | 9 to 10 yrs. | 10 to 11 yrs. | 11 to 12 yrs. | 12 to 13 yrs. | 13 to 14 yrs. | 14 to 15 yrs. | 15 yrs. and above. | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 42 | 26 | 32 | 49 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | – | 15 | 295 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Pos. | Neg. | Not read. | Positive 219 Negative 69 Not read 7 |
| 12 | – | 1 | 40 | 2 | – | 23 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 4 | – | 41 | 8 | – | 21 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 7 | 1 | |
TABLE II.—IMMUNISATION TREATMENT TABLE.
| 6 to 12 mths. | 1 to 2 yrs. | 2 to 3 yrs. | 3 to 4 yrs. | 4 to 5 yrs. | 5 to 6 yrs. | 6 to 7 yrs. | 7 to 8 yrs. | 8 to 9 yrs. | 9 to 10 yrs. | 10 to 11 yrs. | 11 to 12 yrs. | 12 to 13 yrs. | 13 to 14 yrs. | 14 to 15 yrs. | 15 yrs. and above. | Totals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | T. | A. | M. | 1st Injections 219 2nd „ 210 3rd „ 18 4th „ 8 5th „ 8 |
| 1st Injection | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | 1st Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | 1st Injection | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | 1st Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | 1st Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | Ist Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | 1st Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | 1st Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | 1st Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | 1st Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | 1st Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | 1st Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | 1st Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | 1st Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd„ | 1st Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd„ | 1st Injection. | 2nd „ | 3rd „ | |
| 12 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 38 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 41 | 39 | 36 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | 7 | 6 | |
| 4th 4 5th 4 | 4th 1 5th 1 | 4th 1 5th 1 | 4th 1 5th 1 | 4th 1 5th 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TABLE III.—AGES OF PERSONS RE-SCHICKED AFTER TREATMENT AND FOUND TO BE NEGATIVE.
| 6 to 12 mths. | 1 to 2 yrs. | 2 to 3 yrs. | 3 to 4 yrs. | 4 to 5 yrs. | 5 to 6 yrs. | 6 to 7 yrs. | 7 to 8 yrs. | 8 to 9 yrs. | 9 to 10 yrs. | 10 to 11 yrs. | 11 to 12 yrs. | 12 to 13 yrs. | 13 to 14 yrs. | 14 to 15 yrs. | 15 yrs. and above. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 171 |