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Chelsea 1931
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1931
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Return Cases.—No " return " case of the disease occurred during
the year.
TABLE No. 42.
| Year. | Cases Notified. | Pe-cent-age of Removals. | Deaths | Case Mortality Rate. | Per-cent-age of casesof School age (3-13 years) | Monthof great-est preva-lence. | Bacterioscopic Diagnosis, Lister Institute. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Specimens submitted | Positive | Percentage Positive. | Negative. | Percentage Negative. | |||||||
| 1930 | 118 | 99 | 5 | 4.6 | 53 | Jan. | 364 | 36 | 10.0 | 328 | 90.0 |
| 1031 | 79 | 99 | 2 | 2.8 | 59 | June | 226 | 17 | 7.5 | 209 | 92.5 |
It will be observed that there was a considerable decrease in the number
of cases notified in 1931. The percentage of removals to the L.C.C.
Hospitals was high, and the case mortality rate was lower than that
for 1930.
Information was received from the L.C.C. that 7 of the cases sent
to Hospital in the course of the year proved not to be suffering from
diphtheria.
Of the 79 cases notified, 27 occurred in Stanley Ward, 7 in Church
Ward, 29 in Cheyne Ward, 12 in Hans Town Ward, and 4 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. 43.
| Quinquennial Periods. | Average Annualcase-rate per 1,000 population. | Average Annual ca'se-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 |
| 1926-30 | 2.46 | 3.1 | 98 |
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. As yet no application of the Schick test or of artifical