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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1940
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1940
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The following table gives details of the work of the clinic during the past two years.
TABLE 41A.
| Year | No. of new-cases. | Preliminary Schick Tested. | Commenced treatment without Schick Test. | Naturally Immune | Immunised. | Discontinued treatment and removed from register. | No. under treatment at end of year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preschool Age. | School Age. | Preschool Age. | School Age. | ||||||
| 1939 | 241 | 3 | 36 | 202 | 16 | 164 | 22 | 10 | 125 |
| 1940 | 191 | 4 | 22 | 165 | 12 | 160 | 19 | 3 | 118 |
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. Further details will-be found on page 28.
SCARLET FEVER.
Notifications.— During the year, 13 cases of Scarlet Fever were
notified, the figure for 1939 being 49 Information was received from
the L.C.C. Hospitals that all of the cases proved to be Scarlet Fever.
The actual number of cases was therefore 13. No " return " case of the
disease occurred during the year.
Deaths.— There was no death from Scarlet Fever during the year.
Table 42 shows the incidence of the disease during the past two years.
| Year. | Cases (Corrected). | Percentage of Removals. | Deaths. | Case Mortality Rate. | Percentage of cases of School-age 3-13 years. | Month of greatest prevalence. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 48 | 88 | - | - | 57 | FEB |
| 1940 | 13 | 92. | - | - | 31 | jan |
No application of the Dick test or of artificial immunization against
Scarlet Fever has yet been made in the Borough.
MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH.