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Chelsea 1944
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1944
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DIPHTHERIA.
NotIfications.Eighteen cases (including 2 noncivilians)
were notified during the year.
Information was received that 4 of the civilian
cases proved not to be suffering from Diphtheria.
The actual number of cases was therefore 12.
Deaths.—NO deaths from the disease occurred during the year.
Return Cases.—NO "return" case ot the disease occurred during
the Year.
The incidence of the disease during the past six years is shown in Table No. 41.
TABLE No. 41.
| Year | Cases (Corrected) | Percentage of Removals. | Deaths | Case Mortality Rate. | Percentage of cases of School age (3-13 years) | Month of greatest prevalence. | Bacterioscopic Diagnosis, Lister Institute. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Specimens sub- mitted | Positive. | Percentage Positive. | Negative. | Percentage Negative. | |||||||
| 1939 | 60 | 100 | 3 | 5.0 | 51 | Feb. | 236 | 24. | 10.0 | 212 | 90.0 |
| 1940 | 10 | 100 | - | - | 53 | Jan | 59 | - | 0.0 | 59 | 100.0 |
| 1941 | 21 | 100 | - | - | 14 | May | 142 | 4 | 5.0 | 135 | 95.0 |
| 1942 | 13 | 100 | - | - | 31 | MaY | 66 | 1 | 1.5 | 65 | 98.5 |
| 1943 | 14 | 94 | - | 6 | May | 64 | 1 | 1.5 | 66 | 98.5 | |
| 1944 | 12 | 100 | - | - | 8 | feb | 86 | 1 | 1.2 | 85 | 98.8 |
| 1945 | 8 | 100 | 1 | 12.5 | 34 | Sep | 84 | 1 | 1.2 | 83 | 98.8 |
No case of Diphtheria came to the knowledge of
the public Health Department during the year in
which the child was known to have completed the
course of immunisation not less than 12 weeks
before the onaet of the disease.
Early in 1935 the Borough Council arranged to extend these facilities
to children of school age, the Borough Council contributing towards the
cost of this service.
A weekly clinic has been held during the year.
In co-operation with the London County Council, leaflets have been
prepared and distributed at the various schools in the Borough. Attendances
of elementary school children for immunisation against diphtheria
at the clinic are allowed to count as attendances at school.
1946. 14 14 - -14 May