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INFECTIOUS DISEASES - 1945.
GENERAL.
Notifications of Infectious Disease generally revealed a slight
decrease on the 1944 figures, the only important variations being for
Whooping Cough - which was only about 25 per cent of the previous year's
total- and Measles, which showed a considerable increase, due to the,
fact that 1945 was a Measles epidemic year, also that the 1944 total
for this disease was exceptionally low,
Hospital accommodation remained seriously restricted, and only
cases of particular clinical severity or unsuitable home nursing
conditions were removed. It is, therefore, especially gratifying to
record that only one death occurred from infectious disease during
the year under review.
The gradual return of Service personnel from abroad who had
been in contact with cases of Smallpox and Typhus during their journey
home, or where, owing to the speed of air travel, symptoms might not
have been apparent at the time of their arrival, necessitated the
examination of all such contacts returning to the Borough., No cases
of smallpox or Typhus were reported in Southwark during the year.
NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The notifications of Infectious Diseases during the year
totalled 1971, of which 449 wore removed to the London County Council's
fever .hospitals. The total number of cases of Infectious Disease, after
correction of diagnosis, was 1862.
Disease.
Total, after correction
of diagnosis
Admitted to
Hospital.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Scarlet Fever. 73 66 139 93
Diphtheria. 19 19 38 38
Pneumonia. 34 34 58 7
Erysipelas. 9 24 33 16
Dysentery 18 11 29 29
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 10 2 12 2
Puerperal Fever. - 3 3 3
Puerperal Pyrexia. - 17 17 17
Enteritis. 5 10 15 15
Food Poisoning. 1 - 1 -
Scabies. 201 294 495 -
Measles. 538 427 965 217
Whopping-Cough. 20 37 57 7
Totals. 928. 934. 1862. 449.
One death only, from Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, was
discovered on post-mortem examination.
tuberculosis .
Primary Notifications.
0-
1-
5-
10-
15-
20-
25-
35-
45-
55-
65-
75-
Total
Total
including
duplicate
notifications
Pulmonary
Males.
-
5
4
3
5
10
11
21
17
15
11
-
102
113
Pulmonary
Females.
-
3
4
2
17
19
11
7
4
5
2
-
74
85
Non-Pulm
Males.
-
-
1
2
3
1
2
2
-
1
-
-
12
12
Non-Pulm
Females.
-
2
1
2
-
2
5
-
-
-
-
-
12
12
Totals.
-
10
10
9
25
32
29
30
21
21
13
-
200
222
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