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Islington 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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London (Measles and Whooping Cough) Regulations, 1938.
Home visiting of measles and whooping cough cases was carried out by the Home Visitors as under : —
| No. of Investigations.No. of Ineffective | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | Whooping Cough | Visits | Re-visits |
| 3,226 | 1,022 | 614 | 15 |
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis.
1951 was fortunately a year with very little poliomyelitis. In general
poliomyelitis is associated with long spells of warm, sunny weather and in this respect
1951, particularly the second half, was a poor year. This may have had an effect
upon the incidence of poliomyelitis, but our information on this matter at present
is too incomplete to dogmatise.
The cases reported for each of four years are set out as under:-
| No. of Cases reported | 1951 | 21 | |||||||||||||
| No. of CONFIRMED cases | 1950 | 54 | |||||||||||||
| 1949 | 88 | ||||||||||||||
| 1947 | 52 | ||||||||||||||
| 1951 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 1950 | 31 | ||||||||||||||
| 1949 | 62 | ||||||||||||||
| 1947 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | |||||||||||||||
| 1951 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1950 | 1 | - | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | |||
| 1949 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 1947 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | |||
| (b) | I — | 5— | 15— | 25 and over | |||||||||||
| 1951 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1950 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1949 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1947 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||
| (r) Deaths—1951—Nil. | |||||||||||||||
| 1950-2 | (6 years | 12 years). The onset of the disease of the 6-year-old was in | |||||||||||||
| 1949. | |||||||||||||||
| 1949—2 | (2 years | 26 years). | |||||||||||||
| 1947—3 | (10 months | 5 years; | 24 years). | ||||||||||||
Diphtheria.
| Year | Notified Cases | Deaths | Year | Notified Cases | Deaths | Year | Notified Cases | Con-firmed Cases | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 743 | 31 | 1935 | 760 | 13 | 1944 | 94 | 38 | 2 |
| 1927 | 720 | 25 | 1936 | 583 | 31 | 1945 | 45 | 3 | |
| 1928 | 760 | 25 | 1937 | 623 | 137 | 50 | _ | ||
| 1929 | 1.008 | 34 | 1938 | 595 | 23 | 1947 | 72 | 19 | 1 |
| 1930 | 1.248 | 42 | 1939 | 254 | 10 | 1948 | 44 | 7 | - |
| 1931 | 714 | 15 | 1940 | 101 | 2 | 1949 | 55 | 17 | 2 |
| 1932 | 601 | 20 | 174 | 11 | 1950 | 50 | 19 | 1 | |
| 1933 | 551 | 33 | 1942 | 201 | 1951 | 43 | 17 | 1 | |
| 1934 | 815 | 32 | 1943 | 188 | 9 |