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Sx cases of the disease were notified in the previous year.
Nursing.—By arrangement with the Chelsea District Nursing Association,
home nursing is provided for infants suffering from this disease.
poliomyelitis and polio-encephalitis.
One case of Poliomyelitis was notified during the year. The case
was a bov aged 4 years and was still receiving hospital treatment at the
enci of the year. No case of Polio-Encephalitis was notified.
ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA.
No case of Encephalitis Lethargica was notified during the year.
Seven visits to old cases of Encephalitis Lethargica were made by the
Woman Sanitary Inspector.
Encephalitis Lethargica is undoubtedly infectious, but the infectivity
is of very low nature. The sequelae may be serious, as in most cases
so me permanent damage to the brain tissue occurs. The disease was
made compulsorily notifiable from 1st January, 1919.
Deaths.—There was one death from this disease during the year.
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 1:2th August, 1929.
Seventy-nine notifications were received during the year. Of these,
22 were treated in hospital.
smallpox:
No case of small pox was notified in Chelsea during the year. Appropriate
action was taken as regards contacts of cases notified in other
boroughs.
Vaccination.—No vaccinations have been performed by the Medical
Officer of Health under the Public Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations,
1917.
I am indebted to Mr. A. B. j. Hayden, Vaccination Officer for Chelsea,
for particulars of primary vaccinations which have been performed in
the Borough during the past two years. These are shown in Table
No, 47. The complete figures for 1931 are not yet available.