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Kingston upon Thames 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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The following table gives a comparative statement of notifications received during the last thirty years, in respect of certain infectious diseases:-

TABLE VI

YearEnteric Fever ('Including Para-typhoid)Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaPuerperal PyrexiaOphthalmia NeonatorumMeaslesWhooping CoughAcute Infective EncephalitisPoliomyelitis
192143027916- Not notifiable until 1940-- Not notifiable until 1940 --1
192212387416
192311181725
19246143204-1
192572132545-3
19267822742-2
19273876593-1
1928713515294-1
192917411353--
193057810092--
193116153144
19321564713-2
1933212530102-3
19342404253--
19352545083--
193666727192--
1937151213232
193816172472-2
193916919663-1
19403455363337322--
19417541537-331271-1
194279824337599-
19431110318-287151-1
194449715233731
19452816232407841
1946134841128367-2
194712422812193835
19483430-197200-3
1949-73-29-4838137
195051-23132414

Scarlet Fever.
Fifty-one cases of mild scarlet fever were notified,
forty-seven of which were of school age. No deaths occurred and
no "return" cases. Thirty-three of the cases notified were removed
to an infectious diseases hospital for treatment and the remainder
were treated at home.
Diphtheria
No cases of diphtheria were notified, for the third successive
year.
Intensive work was continued to immunise the school and preschool
population against diphtheria, and the table on the following
page shows the stage reached by the end of 1950. It is intended to
continue with a vigorous immunisation campaign to prevent any possible
diminishing of public interest in this service, occasioned by three
years freedom from the disease,and the complacency which may result.
immunisation is just as necessary in the absence of diphtheria as
when it occurs.