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Fulham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Public Health Act, 1936 - Section 444 (1) "When an inmate of any building used for human
habitation is suffering from every medical practitioner attending on, or called
in to visit, that inmate (in this section referred to as "the patient") shall, as soon as he
becomes aware that the patient is so suffering, send to the medical officer of health of the
district in which the building is situate a certificate in the form set out in the second
schedule to these regulations".
PUERPERAL PYREXIA (Puerperal Pyrexia Regulations, 1951)
| Fulham residents .. .. | 26 |
| Non-Fulham residents .. | 4 |
| Total cases notified in Fulham .. | 30 |
| Fulham residents notified to other Authorities | 34 |
ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS (Hie Public Health (Acute Poliomyelitis Acute Encephalitis and Meningococcal Infection) Regulations 1949)
| Fulham residents | ||
| Paralytic | 9 | |
| Non-paralytic | 8 | 17 |
| Non-Fulham residents | ||
| Paralytic | 2 | |
| Non-paralytic | 4 | 6 |
| Total cases notified in Fulham | 23 | |
| Fulham residents notified to other Authorities | ||
| Paralytic | 1 | |
| Non-paralytic | 1 | 2 |
PREVELANCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
Smallpox:
There were two persons from smallpox areas abroad requiring observation
during the year
Food Poisoning:
Thirty four isolated cases were notified Routine investigations were
carried out and in nineteen cases pathogenic organisms were isolated from
specimens submitted by the patients for bacteriological examination, i.e.
Salmonella Typhi murium in eighteen cases and Salmonella Thompson in one
case
Scabies and
allied conditions:
Treatment was arranged for 66 adults and 5 children at the Kensington
Medicinal Baths, 26 children were given treatment at the L C.C School
Treatment Centre Sedlescombe Road
Sonne Dysentery:
During the month of May there was a small explosive outbreak in a Day
Nursery involving 31 of the total of 46 children and 3 of the Staff of 16
In addition there were 12 cases among the family contacts.
Three family contacts were found to be food handlers and they were
excluded from work until proved clear of the infection
There were also other minor outbreaks one in an Occupation Centre
involving 9 children and another in a Day Nursery involving 5 children.
Prompt exclusion of the children affected in each of these instances
prevented a more widespread infection.