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Hampstead 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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the 931 children immunised in 1946, 592 were born in 1945. This is the
highest number of " one-year-olds " ever immunised in a single year in
the Borough. Every child who reaches the age of one year and has not
commenced immunising injections receives a Brithday Greetings leaflet
inviting the parent to have the child immunised. This leaflet is most
successful.
Bacteriological Examinations.
The following examinations were carried out:—Diphtheria 144 ;
Scarlet Fever (for Haem. Strep.) 56; Sputum for T.B. 491 ; Dysentery
7 ; Vincents Angina, 12; Malaria, 1 ; Meningococci, 1.
Vaccination.
1,751 Certificates of successful primary vaccination were received during
the year, and of the 999 births registered during 1945, 73 per cent, had
been successfully vaccinated by the end of the year 1946. This percentage
is the highest ever recorded in the Borough.
Tuberculosis.
New Cases and Mortality during 1946.
During the year 1946, 114 new cases of Tuberculosis were notified,
100 being cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 14 of other forms of
the disease.
The following statistical table, prescribed by the Ministry of Health, gives an analysis of the newly notified cases and deaths during 1946 :—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0—1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1—5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5—15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 15—25 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 25—35 | 13 | 18 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | _ | _ |
| 35—45 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 |
| 45—55 | 8 | 6 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| 55—65 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | 2 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 58 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
There were 559 Pulmonary and 83 Non-pulmonary cases of tuberculosis
known to the Department at the end of the year 1946.
(5572)
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