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Chelsea 1933
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1933
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Return Cases.—No "return" case of the disease occurred during the year. TABLE No. 42.
| Year | Cases Noti— fied. | Per— cent— age of Re— mov— als. | Deaths | Case Mo— tality Rate. | Per— cent— age of cases of School age (3.13 years) | Month of great— est preva— lence. | Bacterioscopic Diagnosis, Lister Institute. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Speci— mens sub— mitted | Posi— tive. | Per— cent— age Posi— tive. | Nega— tive. | Per— cent— age Nega— tive. | |||||||
| 1932 | 110 | 99 | 2 | 1.9 | 55 | Mar. | 317 | 25 | 7.8 | 292 | 92.2 |
| 193:} | 91 | 100 | 7 | 8.4 | 66 | June | 289 | 21 | 7.0 | 268 | 93.0 |
It will be observed that there was a decrease in the number of
cases notified in 1933. The percentage of removals to the L.C.C.
Hospitals was high, and the case mortality rate was higher than that for
1832.
Information was received from the L.C.C. that 8 of the cases sent
to Hospital in the course of the year proved not to be suffering from
diphtheria.
Of the 91 cases notified, 58 occurred in Stanley Ward, 16 in Church
Ward, 3 in Cheyne Ward, 4 in Hans Town Ward, and 10 in Royal Hospital
Ward.
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 artificial
immunization against the disease has been made in the Borough. Further
details will be found on page 29.
SCARLET FEVER.
Notifications.—During the year, 229 cases of Scarlet Fever were
notified, the figure for 1932 being 176. Information was received from
the L.C.C. Hospitals that 16 of the cases proved not to be Scarlet Fever.
Two " return " cases of the disease occurred during the year.
Deaths.—There was no death from Scarlet Fever during the year. Table 43 shows the incidence of the disease during the past two years TABLE No. 43.
| Year. | Cases Notified. | Percentage of Removals. | Deaths. | Case Mortality Rate. | Percentage of cases of School.age 3.13 years. | Month of greatest pre— valence. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 176 | 92 | 1 | 0.6 | 76 | Oct. |
| 1933 | 229 | 97 | — | — | 68 | June |