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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Ham 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERYSIPELAS | 1 | Until clinically cured | ADULTS working in contact with food, maternity or surgical cases should be excluded for one week. OTHERS need not be excluded in absence of clinical symptoms. | Yes | As Scarlet Fever |
| DIPHTHERIA | 1 | Until certified free from infection by M.O.H.or Medical Superintendent of Isolation Hosp. | ADULTS working with food or young children should be excluded pending report on nose and throat swabs. If report shows presence of C.Diphtheria, exclusion should be continued until such time as nose & throat swabs are reported negative. | Yes | -do— |
| CHILDREN should be excluded from school pending consultation with M.O.H. In general, fully immunised Schick negative children will be allowed to resume under close surveillance, whilst unprotected children will be excluded and given antitoxin plus a first immunising injection of the appropriate antigen. | |||||
| POLIOMYELITIS | 2 | Until clinically cured. | Consult with M.O.H. re each individual contact - in general exclusion will NOT be practised. | NO | -do- |
| MENINGITIS | 2 | -do- | -do- | No | —do- |
| MEASLES | 2 | Minimum of l4 days from onset of rash. | Nil - but contacts should be kept under surveillance by Health Visitor in home (in case of pre-school children) or by Teacher in school (school-children). Immediately any suspicious symptoms develop, contacts should be excluded and G.P. notified. | No | -do— |
| WHOOPING COUGH | 2 | Minimum of 28 days from onset of paroxysmal cough. | -do- | No | -do- |
| ACUTE PRIMARY OR INFLUENZAL PNEUMONIA | 3 | Until clinically cured. | Nil | No | -do- |
| PUERPERAL PYREXIA | 3 | -do- | Nil | No | -do- |