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SECTION E.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND
OTHER DISEASES.
The number of cases of Infectious Diseases was 1,216 as
compared with 2,963 for 1938.
Particulars relating to age groups and districts are shewn in
the tables at the end of the Report.
The County of London (Measles and Whooping Cough)
Amendment Regulations, 1939.
These amend the 1938 Regulations and came into force on
the 23rd October, 1939. Under the old Regulations when a Medical
Practitioner had given a notification, no further notification from
the same household was required within a period of 2 months
from the date of the first one. The new Regulations which apply
throughout the country remove this limitation, also the fee payable
for each certificate will be 1/-.
No individual infection calls for comment.
TUBERCULOSIS OFFICER'S REPORT FOR 1939.
Sir,
The report for the year under review is regrettably brief
owing to the present situation. The activities of the Department
as a whole having been considerably curtailed from the beginning
of the year until the outbreak of hostilities, when the Maze Hill
Clinic closed down for a month, all the staff being engaged on civil
defence duties. It was soon realised however that a skeleton
service would be necessary and a start was made on these lines.
Slowly the number of sessions was increased until by the end of
the year, I am pleased to report that with the exception of an
evening clinic, which it was felt undesirable to resume, normal
working arrangements of the Clinic were in operation at the close
of the year.
During the early days of the War, arrangements for residential
treatment under the L.C.C. scheme were likewise seriously dislocated,
partly owing to the rapid discharge of patients to their
homes in order to make beds available for emergency services.
By the year end facilities for residential treatment were normally
available.
In conclusion I should like to acknowledge my indebtedness to
the other members of the Tuberculosis Dispensary Staff, who have had
to carry on their routine duties in conjunction with many tasks cheerfully
undertaken in connection with Air Raid Precautions Scheme.
I am, Sir, Yours faithfully,
W. ALCOCK, m.b., d.p.h., Tuberculosis Officer.