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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
Kensington and Chelsea 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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| Country of origin | Period (in years) between entry to U.K. and notification of disease | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| India | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Zanzibar | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bornio | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Austria | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total: | 10 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 32 | |
In a further 59 cases information concerning origin could not be obtained.
Since 1952 investigations have shown that of the new cases and "inward Transfers" reported in the borough, the proportions who were immigrants contracting the disease in the first ten years of arrival were as follows:-
| Year | Proportion per cent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 16 | ||
| 1953 | 10 | ||
| 1954 | 16 | ||
| 1955 | 17 | ||
| 1956 | 15 | ||
| 1957 | 16 | ||
| 1958 | 23 | ||
| 1959 | 20 | ||
| 1960 | 20 | ||
| 1961 | 11 | ||
| 1962 | 20 | ||
| 1963 | 27 | ||
| 1964 | 23 | ||
| 1965 | 19 |
This year 30 per cent. (1964-40 per cent.)of the infected immigrants contracted
the disease within one year of arrival in this country; 50 per cent. (1964-77 per cent.)
contracted within three years of arrival. Persons born in the Republic of Ireland were regarded
as immigrants for this purpose.
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES
In order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, certain countries require
that visitors should be vaccinated or inoculated against specified diseases.
International certificates have been prescribed for smallpox, cholera and yellow
fever. When completed by the medical practitioner, the certificates must be authenticated
by the Medical Officer of Health.