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Infective Diseases.
In 1935 the Council decided, with the approval of the Minister
of Health, to supply immunising material free of charge to general
practitioners in the Borough for use in immunising and testing
Borough residents.
Since that decision was arrived at, five doctors have availed
themselves of these facilities and 11 children have been immunised
by them. Nine of these have re-acted negative to the re-Schick
test—eight being tested by the practitioners and one by the
assistant Medical Officer of Health. The other two children have
not yet been tested.
Scarlet Fever.
644 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred, compared with 721 in
1935, 1,573 in 1934 and 1,307 in 1933.
The decrease in the number of cases has been associated with
a general decrease in the incidence of this disease throughout
London.
None of the cases died, compared with five in each of the
two previous years, and the death-rate was nil per 1,000 compared
with .011 and .014. The case mortality was also nil.
The case-rate per 1,000 of population was 1.87:—1.88 in
Clapham; 1.34 in Putney; 1.79 in Balham; 2.15 in Streatham;
3.15 in Tooting; and 1.57 in Wandsworth.
Of the total number of cases, 563 or 87 per cent., were removed
to hospital.
The Medical Officers of the London County Council made
inspections of five schools during the year, and any suspected
cases were at once excluded and the names and addresses forwarded
to me for inquiry.
Return Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
11 cases of Scarlet Fever and two of Diphtheria occurred
within one month of the return of a previous case from hospital.
Enteric and Para-Typhoid Fevers.
28 cases, and three deaths of the above occurred, compared
with 11 cases and one death in the previous year.