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Food and Drugs Act, 1958.
The Council became the Local Authority under this Act on 1st
October, 1959,,
One hundred and eight samples were talcen up to the end of the
year.
prevalence OF and CONTROL OVER
infectious OTHER diseases.
During 1944 four hundred and ninety-six cases of infectious
disease were notified. These were two hundred and thirty-four
fewer than in 1945. This decrease is almost entirely due to the fewer
cases of scarlet fever and measles. For several years the incidence
of notifiable infectious diseases in Wimbledon has been low.
Scarlet Fever. - Seventy-seven cases of scarlet fever were
notified, one "hundred and nine less than in 1945. The attack rate
was 1.72 per thousand of the population.
Fifty-five, or 71.45 per cent of the cases were treated in
hospital. There was no death from this disease.
Diphtheria. - Twenty-four cases of diphtheria were notified in
1944, as compared with twenty in the previous year. The attack rate
was 0.55 per thousand of the population.
All the patients received hospital treatment. There was no death.
Diphtheria Immunisation. - Two sessions of the Diphtheria
Immunisation Clinic were held every week at the Health Centre.
Six children were Schick tested. Three were found to be
positive and then immunised. Eighteen attendances were made. The
total number of children immunised was three hundred and thirty-two
In all six. hundred and twenty-six attendances were made for this
purpose. Ninety-eight children attended for a subsequent Schick
test. In seventeen casus they were found to be Schick positive and
were re-immunised. Two hundred and two attendances were made. The
total number cf attendances at the Immunisation Clinics in 1944 was
therefore eight hundred and forty-six.
paratyphoid Fever. - No cases of paratyphoid fever were notified
to the Department.
Food Poisoning. - This became a notifiable disease on 5rd
October, 1909, No notifications were received during the year,
Cerebro-spinal Fever.- Three cases of this disease were notified.
All the patients were treated in hospital," There was no death.
Erysipelas. - Notifications were received in respect of eleven
cases or erysipelas. One patient was treated in hospital.
Puerperal Pyrexia. - Six. cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified.
Two of these pa tents were removed to hospital. There was
no death from puerperal sepsis amongst the patients notified under the
Regulations,
Measles. - Fifty-seven cases of measles were notified. Thirteen
of these were removed to hospital. There were no deaths.
Whooping Cough. - There were one hundred and seventeen cases of
this disease notified in 1944, Eleven cases were treated in hospital.
There was one death.
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