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Romford 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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(b) Acute Infective Hepatitis.
This condition is still a notifiable one throughout the Eastern Region.
Altogether, 62 notifications were received.
(c) Diphtheria.
Once more, there were no cases of Diphtheria during the year.
The following statistics relate to the state of Immunisation at the
31st December, 1954. In addition to the initial series of injections',
" booster " doses have also been given.
TABLE 15
| Under 5 years | 5-15 years | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of children who had completed a full course of Immunisation at any time up to 31st December, 1954, and who were born between 31st December, 1939, and 31st December, 1954 | 7,506 | 12,327 |
| (d) Dysentery. | ||
| One hundred and twenty-one cases of Dysentery were notified. One hundred and one were due to Shigella Sonnei, and 20 were unclasified. | ||
| (e) Food Poisoning. | ||
| During the year 7 cases were notified, which proved to be suffering from food poisoning. In additaion another 47 proved indefinite. | ||
The following table sets out the details, as required by the Ministry of Health.
TABLE 16
| (a) Total Number of Outbreaks | Nil | |
| (b) Total Number of Cases included in (a) | — | |
| (c) Number of Single Cases | 54 | |
| (d) Number of Deaths | Nil | |
| (e) (l) Organisms responsible | ||
| (ii) Outbreaks attributable to | (i) Nil | Nil |
| (iii) Single cases attributable to | i (i) 7 | 47 |
| (f) (i) Foods involved | ||
| (ii) Outbreaks attributable to | (i) Nil | |
| (iii) Single cases attributable to | (i) 54 | |
(f) Measles.
After the large epidemic of last year, there were comparatively few
cases in 1954, only 206 being notified. For the most part these occurred
in December.
(g) Scarlet Fever.
The notifications numbered 156, and the type was again mild.
(h) Smallpox.
Two passengers, who had arrived by air from abroad, were kept
under surveillance for the requisite period, as there were several cases of
Smallpox in the area where they had embarked.