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Paddington 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Disease | Total Cases Notified | Cases Admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | 1 | – |
| " Influenzal pneumonia | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| « primary pneumonia | 68 | 53 | 5 |
| « Polio-encephalitis | — | – | – |
| " Polio-myelitis | 3 | 3 | — |
| " Rheumatism | 6 | 5 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 19 | 17 | 3 |
| Continued fever | 1 | 1 | — |
| Diphtheria | 58 | 58 | 4 |
| Dysentery | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 29 | 18 | 1 |
| Food poisoning or suspected food poisoning | 4 | 2 | – |
| Infective enteritis or summer diarrhoea | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| Measles | 301 | 71 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 6 | 5 | — |
| Puerperal fever | 6 | 6 | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 25 | 25 | - |
| Scarlet fever | 61 | 53 | — |
| Smallpox | - | – | - |
| Typhoid or enteric fever | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 170 | 45 | 5 |
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
During the year 1,278 children mere fully inoculated, including
747 "schools" cases. Twenty-three cases attended the Clinic at St.
Mary's Hospital, and 13 of these were fully inoculated.
VACCINATION.
The latest return available is for the year 1940. This shows
that of the 1,695 children whose births were registered during that year,
40-9 per cent, were successfully vaccinated, and 11.6 per cent. were
exempted on production of statutory declarations of conscientious
objection. Insusceptibility, removals, deaths, not traced etc.,
account for the remaining 47.5 Per cent.
tuberculosis
Notification Register. New cases notified comprised 184 of
pulmonary tuberculosis and 26 of non-pulmonary tuberculosis The
number of cases on the register at the end of the year was 729, as
compared with 851 cases at the end of the year 1940. Particulars of
the deaths from this disease are shown on page 1 of this Report.
Dispensary Treatment. Particulars of the York carried out at
the two voluntary Dispensaries in the Borough are shown in the
following table:-