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Number of pre-school children immunised 1,746
" " school " M 335
,, ,, re-inforcing injections given 1,822
" " children attending for pre-Schick
tests 461
" which gave a positive reaction 357
" " " " negative " 96
" of children attending for post-
Schick tests 1,075
" proving negative 1,066
" proving positive 5
" who failed to attend for reading 12
Enteric Fever
Two cases of typhoid fever and three cases of paratyphoid B.
fever were notified during 1954. Investigations revealed that
the infections had been contracted abroad with the exception of
one case of typhoid fever. In this case, a little girl
aged sixteen months contracted the disease and was removed to
hospital where a full recovery was effected,, Enquiries showed
that the child was often in the care of her grandmother who
had had typhoid fever in Poland in 1934. Bacteriological
investigations revealed that the grandmother was a typhoid
fever carrier and at the end of the year she was still undergoing
treatment in her own home for the condition. In the
meantime she was advised of the precautions she had to take
in order to prevent spread of the infection.
Puerperal pyrexia
During 1954, the number of cases of this disease notified
was ninety-six, of whom fifty-three were persons normally resident
outside the borough. Ninety-four of the cases were treated in
hospital.
Information was received in the public health department
concerning fifty-three patients normally resident in Kensington,
who were notified as suffering from puerperal pyrexia in other
London districts.
No deaths occurred under this heading.
Pneumonia
There are various forms of pneumonia, but the only types
notifiable are (i) acute primary and (ii) acute influenzal
pneumonias. During the year, fifty-four notifications were
received, forty-five being acute primary pneumonia and nine
being acute influenzal pneumonia. Of the total, twenty-eight
cases were removed to hospital for treatment.
The number of deaths from pneumonia (all forms) was
seventy-five and the number of deaths from influenza was
five during 1954.
Dysentery
Sixty-eight cases of dysentery were notified in 1954, all
of which were bacillary in origin, the majority being due to
Sonne bacillus. Generally speaking the cases were of a mild
type and there were no deaths.
Erysipelas
Of the fourteen cases notified, six were admitted to
hospital. There were no deaths.
Meningococcal infection
Only one case of this disease was notified during the year