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Chelsea 1926

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1926

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Diphtheria Anti-toxin. Anti-toxin is supplied, in prophylactic and
in curative doses, free of charge to any medical practitioner requiring
it for Chelsea patients. An anti-toxin syringe, needles and steriliser are
also available. Anti-toxin can be obtained at the Public Health Department,
daily during office hours, or at any hour, day or night, at the
premises of Messrs. Timmis and Richards, Chemists, 432, King's Road,
S.W. 10. During 1926, seventeen bulbs of serum were supplied to medical
practitioners, the cost to the Council being £5 13s. Od. As yet no
application of the Schick test or of artificial immunization against the
disease has been made in the Borough.
SCARLET FEVER.
Notifications. During the year, 114 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified,
the figure for 1925 being 87. Information was received from the
M.A.B. Hospitals that fourteen of the cases proved not to be Scarlet
Fever. Two " return " cases of the disease were discovered during the
year and necessary action taken.
Table No. 30 shows the incidence of the disease during the years 1925
and 1926, while Table No. 31 cover the quinquennial periods since 1911.

Deaths. There was one death from Scarlet Fever in 1926. TABLE No. 30.

Year.Cases Notified.Percentage ofRemovals.Deaths.Case Fatality Rate.Percentage of cases of School-age 3-13 years.Month of greatest prevalence.
1925879059Feb.
19261149410.976Mar.

TABLE No. 31.

Quinquennial Periods.Average Annual case-rate per 1,000 population.Average Annual case-fatality rate.Average Annual percentage of cases removed to hospital.
1911-152.691.891
1916-201.951.092
1921-252.230.991

No application of the Dick test or of artificial immunization against
Scarlet Fever has yet been made in the Borough.