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 Hendon]
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The following Table shows the number of cases of Diphtheria, death from that disease, end the accumulated total of children immunised;-
TABLE IV.
Year | No. of Cases of Diphtheria Notified. | No. of Deaths from Diphtheria. | Accumulated total of inmiunised children. |
---|---|---|---|
1929 | 156 | 7 | - |
1930 | 192 | 7 | - |
1931 | 193 | 8 | |
1932 | 143 | 7 | - |
1933 | 157 | 4 | |
1934 | 158 | 3 | |
1935 | 138 | 9 | 27 |
1936 | 86 | 2 | 130 |
1937 | 121 | 7 | 381 |
1938 | 195 | 4 | 725 |
1939 | 150 | 3 | 1124 |
1940 | 70 | 3 | 1729 |
1941 | 58 | 1 | 5868 |
1942 | 38 | 2 | 11068 |
1943 | 31 | 2 | 15506 |
1944 | 17 | - | 16970 |
of these the diagnosis of diphtheria was confirmed in only 9 cases. |
50 cases of dysentery were notified. These in the main were of a
mild character. In 35 cases of this disease which were treated at the
Isolation Hospital the Sonne bacillus was the casual organism. This condition
which consists of a general gastro-intestinal upset, is usually of short duration
and the patient, unless debilitated or at the extremes of life, normally makes an
uninterrupted recovery, but there is considerable ground for believing that this
type of dysentery is much more prevalent than the actual notifications would suggest.