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Chelsea 1929
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1929
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Return Cases.—One "return" case occurred during the year and
necessary action was taken.
TABLE No. 28. Cases of Diphtheria during the Years, 1928 and 1929.
| Year. | Cases Notified. | Percentage of Removals. | Deaths | Case Mortality Rate. | Percentage of cases of School age (3-13 years) | Month of greatest prevalence. | Bacterioscopic Diagnosis, Lister Institute. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Specimens submitted | Positive | Percentage Positive. | Negative. | Percentage Negative. | |||||||
| 1928 | 155 | 99 | 4 | 2-6 | 54 | Mar. | 360 | 39 | 10.8 | 321 | 89.2 |
| 1920 | 148 | 99 | 3 | 2-3 | 53 | Apr. | 370 | 39 | 10.5 | 331 | 89.5 |
It will be observed that there was a slight decrease in the number of
cases notified in 1929. The percentage of removals to the M.A.B.
Hospitals was high, while the case mortality rate was somewhat lower
than that for 1928.
Information was received from the M.A.B. that 16 of the cases sent
to Hospital in the course of the year proved not to be suffering from
diphtheria.
Of the 148 cases notified, 53 occurred in Stanley Ward, 40 in Church
Ward, 29 in Cheyne Ward, 11 in Hans Town Ward, and 15 in Royal
Hospital Ward.
The following table shows the average annual case rate, case mortality
rate, and percentage of cases removed to hospital in each of the quinquennial
periods since 1911.
TABLE No. 29.
| Quinquennial Periods. | Average Annual case-rate per 1,000 population. | Average Annual case-mortality rate. | Average Annual percentage of cases removed to hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1911-15 | 1.24 | 5.8 | 89 |
| 1916-20 | 1.35 | 8.9 | 92 |
| 1921-25 | 1.81 | 7.2 | 93 |
Diphtheria Anti-toxin.—Anti-toxin is supplied, in prophylactic and
curative doses, free of charge to any medical practitioner requiring
for Chelsea patients. An anti-toxin syringe, needles and steriliser are