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Bromley 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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52
SECTION F.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
Statistical details of notifiable infectious diseases are shown in
Tables V, VI and VII in the Appendix.
There were no epidemics of a serious nature during the year
1951. Two thousand and eighty-seven cases of infectious diseases were
notified.
SMALLPOX
No cases occurred in the area during 1951.
Thirty-five visits were made to people living in the area who had
recently returned from other countries and who were possible contacts.
These contacts are visited daily foe a period of amk days from date of
contact.
Owing to rapidity of modern travel facilities, smallpox will remain
a potential danger. It has therefore been the policy to have in readiness
an operative scheme for the dealing with any outbreak, and to keep
the staff in a state of protection by vaccination every year.
VACCINATION.
The County Medical Officer has furnished the following figures showing the number of persons who were vaccinated against smallpox during the year 1951.
| Age at 31st December, 1951. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 to 4. | 5 to 14. | 15 or over. | Total. | |
| Number vaccinated | 366 | 293 | 77 | 98 | 834 |
| Number Rc-vaccinated | — | 13 | 75 | 364 | 452 |
ACUTE ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS.
Three notifications of this disease were received during the year
1951. The cases were all removed to hospital. All were non-paralytic.
Months during which the cases were notified: —
July .. 1 September 1 October 1
There were no deaths.