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Routine Diphtheria Immunisation, and the giving of "booster"
doses has continued, as in the past. An endeavour is being made
to get children completely immunised before they reach the age of
one year.
The following statistics relate to the state of immunisation at
the 31st December, 1952:—
TABLE 14
Under 5 yrs. 5-15 yrs.
Number of children who had completed
a full course of Immunisation
at any time up to 31st December,
1952, and who were born between
31st December, 1937, and 31st
December, 1952 4,570 11,849
(d) Dysentery.
Ten cases were notified as belonging to Romford. One was
Amoebic in type, and this was contacted abroad. Six were due to
Shigella Sonnei, and three were unclassified.
(e) Food Poisoning.
During the year 42 cases were notified, and proved to be suffering,
or possibly suffering, from food poisoning.
The following table sets out details as required by the Ministry
of Health.
TABLE 15
(a) Total Number of Outbreaks Nil
(b) Number of Individual Cases 42
(c) Number of Deaths Nil
(d)
(i) Organisms or other Salmonella Salmonella Unknown
Agent responsible Typhi-Murium Enteritidis
(ii) Outbreaks attributable
to above Nil Nil Nil
(iii) Individual Cases 7 3 32
(e) Foods involved Unknown
(f) Measles.
Measles was in epidemic form during the year. Altogether,
1,364 cases were notified, but there were no deaths. Most of the
cases were in the latter half of the year.
(g) Scarlet Fever.
388 cases were notified. The type continued to be very slight.
No deaths were recorded.
(h) Smallpox.
No cases occurred in the district, and no contact, so that there
was no call for surveillance this year,