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Notification of Infectious Disease, continued
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Diohtheria
86
82
5
Dysentery
5
2
-
Erysipelas
44
26
-
Food Poisoning or Suspected Food
poisoning
8
1
-
Infective Enteritis or Summer Diarrhoea
47
43
7
Malaria
-
-
-
Measles
28
7
-
Membranous Croup
-
-
-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
10
5
-
puerperal Fever
17
17
-
puerperal Pyrexia
37
34
-
Scarlet Fever
130
114
-
Smallpox
-
-
-
Typhoid or Enteric Fever
1
-
-
Whooping Cough
239
71
5
Diphtheria Immunisation. During the year 206 children were fully
inoculated under the Council's Scheme, and 37 cases attended
the Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic at St. Mary's Hospital.
Vaccination. The latest return available is for the year 1938.
This shows that of the 2069 children whose births were registered
during that year 59.2 per cent were successfully vaccinated
and 17.88 per cent were exempted on production of
statutory declarations of conscientious objection. Insusceptibility,
removals, deaths, not traced, etc. account for the
remaining 22.92 per cent.
Tuberculosis. 189 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 32 cases of
non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified. The total number of
cases on the register at the end of the year was 884.
Dispensary Treatment
Paddington
Tuberculosis
Dispensary
St. Mary's Hospital
Tuberculosis
Dispensary
No. of patients examined for 1st j
time (excluding contacts) 522 143
No. of above found tuberculous 82 64
No. of contacts examined 125 55
No. of contacts found tuberculous 4 2
No. of attendances at Dispensary 4127 1936
No. of visits by Tuberculosis
Officers 280 89
No. of visits by Tuberculosis
Nurses 2800 1704
Disinfection. The number of rooms disinfected after the occurrence
of infectious disease-was 439, and the weight of bedding removed
for disinfection amounted to approximately 14½ tons.
Cleansing of Verminous Persons. 270 adults and 36 children received
treatment during the year.
Cleansing of Verminous Rooms. Notices under Section 123 of the
Public Health (London) Act were served with respect to 37 premises,
the verminous rooms numbering 52, all of which were satisfactorily
dealth with.
over.