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Vaccination.
1,672 births were notified to the Vaccination Officers during
1942. 967 children were vaccinatcd successfully, and 354
were exempted under declaration of conscientious objection.
The percentage of children vaccinated to total births was
57.8 per cent.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of new cases which came to the notice of the
Department during the year was 632 compared with 646 in
1942, and 618 in 1941. 553 were pulmonary, and 79 non-pulmonary
tuberculosis. 193 deaths were certified as due to
diseases of a tuberculous nature, the death-rate being .73. There
were fewer deaths from this disease than in 1942, when 221
deaths were recorded, and in 1941, when the number was 231.
The 632 new cases were added to the Notification Register,
and 447 who had removed, recovered or died were taken off,
the number remaining on the Register at the end of the year
being 2,398.
The two Tuberculosis Dispensaries which are at the Municipal
Buildings, Wandsworth, and 114 Gosberton Road, Balham,
have operated throughout the year, and 1,890 new cases,
attended. Of these 353 were diagnosed as suffering from
tuberculosis, 223 were suspected cases, and 1,314 were nontuberculous.
Of the 1,890 new cases examined, 498 were contacts, 29
of whom were found to be suffering from tuberculosis.
The number of cases remaining on the Dispensary Register
at the end of 1943, was 1,827 compared with 1,597 in 1942,
The total attendances at the Dispensaries was 5,646.
652 patients received institutional treatment. 3,903 attendances
were made for light and other special treatment, and
1,321 X-ray examinations were made.
The number of personal consultations with doctors was
1,202. Home visits made by the Tuberculosis Officers totalled
1,555, and the Health Visitors made 4,603 visits.
Artificial pneumo-thorax treatment has been carried out
at several hospitals by arrangement. 220 cases were treated
and 3,525 refills were administered.
Thirteen patients received dental treatment.
Extra nourishment as authorised by Section 219 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1936, has been granted to 68
patients, and 63 cases who were ineligible under the scheme
received extra nourishment through the Public Assistance Committee.