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Hampstead 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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necessary, treatment arranged at the Public Health Station. Close
contacts of patients are followed up and instructed to attend a special
Scabies Clinic for examination and, if necessary, subsequent treatment.
This clinic is held weekly.
Notices under the Scabies Order were served where difficulty arose in
obtaining the attendance of contacts, but in no case were legal proceedings
required to be taken.
Infectious Disease during 1945.
| Notifications | Removals to Hospitals | Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 12 | 12 | — |
| Dysentery | 31 | 22 | — |
| Erysipelas | 22 | 9 | — |
| Malaria— Contracted abroad | 2 | 2 | — |
| Measles | 486 | 63 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 100 | 55 | 20 |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | 17 | — |
| Scabies | 196 | — | _ |
| Scarlet Fever | 58 | 37 | — |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | 1 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 45 | 15 | 1 |
| Total | 981 | 241 | 23 |
| Cancelled cases have not been included. | |||
Diphtheria Immunisation.
Free immunisation against diphtheria may be obtained:—
(a) At Borough Council clinics held weekly at No. 230, Haverstock
Hill, N.W.3 (Wednesdays, 2 to 3 p.m.), and No. 60, West
End Lane, N.W.6 (Fridays, 2 to 3 p.m.).
(b) In L.C.C. Schools under the school medical service.
(c) Through private doctors in accordance with a scheme operated
by the Borough Council whereby prophylactic, i.e., alum
precipitated toxoid, is made available to medical practitioners
who receive payment in accordance with the approved scale
of the British Medical Association.
Sessions for immunisation are arranged from time to time in private
schools and in the war-time day nurseries. The Borough Council assumes
responsibility for post-Schick testing all children, including those
immunised in L.C.C. schools and by private doctors.
During 1945, 725 children were immunised under the arrangements
described above ; of these 690 were of pre-school age and 35 attending
school. Comparative figures for 1944 and 1943 were 468 (386 of preschool
age ; 82 attending school) and 837 (616 of pre-school age and
221 attending school) respectively.