Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Among the causes of death, those of the heart and blood vessels hold
highest place ; a long way behind comes malignant disease. There was
one maternal death during the year.
Infectious Diseases.
Notifications. | Removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | |
---|---|---|---|
Polio-Encephalitis | 2 | 1 | — |
Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — |
Polio-Myelitis | 19 | 15 | — |
Diphtheria | 16 | 16 | 1 |
Erysipelas | 11 | 4 | — |
Scarlet Fever | 57 | 37 | — |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Paratyphoid | 2 | — | — |
Puerperal Fever | — | — | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | 4 | — |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | 5 | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — |
Measles | 178 | 69 | — |
Pneumonia | 5 | — | 19 |
Dysentery | 7 | 7 | — |
Whooping Cough | 86 | 25 | — |
Malaria | — | — | — |
Scabies | 148 | — | — |
Food Poisoning | 2 | 1 | — |
Anthrax | 1 | 1 | — |
Corrected Diagnosis—Nil. |
Non-notifiable diseases—removed to hospital:—
German Measles | 3 |
Chickenpox | 16 |
Mumps | 4 |
Gastro Enteritis | 20 |
Vaccination.
Number of certificates of successful primary vaccination of children under 14 years of age received during 1947 ... | 1,820 |
Number of persons vaccinated by the Public Vaccinators for the City— | |
Primary | 724 |
Secondary | 33 |
Bacteriological Examinations.
Diphtheria—negative 187, positive 6.
Tuberculosis—negative 130, positive 60.