London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1929
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1929
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE No. 34.
| Year. | Cases Notified, in Chelsea. | Removed to Hospital. | Deaths notified during year in Chelsea. | Cases notified in London. | Deaths notified in London. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 1† | 1 | 1* | 108 | 54 |
| 1929 | — | — | — | 98 | 58 |
CHICKEN POX.
With the approval of the Ministry of Health, the Borough Council
under Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, made the
disease known as chicken pox notifiable in the Borough on, and from,
the 12th August, 1929.
Up to the close of the year fifteen notifications were received and
appropriate steps were taken.
SMALLPOX.
No case of small pox was notified in Chelsea during the year. Appropriate
action was taken as regards contacts of notified cases from other
boroughs.
Vaccination.—No vaccinations have been performed by the Medical
Officer of Health under the. Publie Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations,
1917.
I am indebted to Mr. A. W. Horsnell, Vaccination Officer for Chelsea,
for particulars of primary vaccinations which have been performed in
the Parish during the past two years. These are shown in Table No.
35. The complete figures for 1929 are not yet available.
TABLE No. 35.
| 1927. | 1928. | |
|---|---|---|
| No. of primary vaccinations performed | 630 | 627 |
| No. of infants died unvaccinated | 62 | 46 |
| No. removed to other districts | 46 | 60 |
| No. removed to unknown addresses | 57 | 56 |
| No. postponed by medical certificate | 12 | 14 |
| No. of certificates of exemption issued | 156 | 125 |
Small number of cases were insusceptible and outstanding in each year.
(The above table is based on total births occurring in Chelsea and is not confined
to parishioners).