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The following is a brief summary of the work carried
out during the year:-
Total number of now cases 2,221
Schick Testing:-
1st Schick test (before inoculation)
No. tested 37
No. susceptible 6
No. immune 21
No. failed to attend 10
2nd Schick test (after completion of
1st course of injections)
No. tested 2,550
No. protected 2,178(94.4%)
No, susceptibl9 128
No. failed to attend 244
All those found to be incompletely protected after
the second Post Schick were re-inoculated.
Total No, of attendances for year 9,765
The diphtheria prophylactic used was A.P ,T,and T.A,F.
Scarlet Fever
During the year 238 cases of scarlet fever wore
notified as compared with 125, 78, 38, 93 and 274 for the five
previous years, 43 cases were admitted to hospital. Generally
speaking the type of disease was mild. There were no deaths,
The death rate for England and Wales was 0.00 per 1,000 of the
population.
Smallpox.
There wore no cases of smallpox notified during tho
year. No contacts were kept under observation by the
Department.
Pneumonia, Malaria and Dysentery.
Pneumonia. There were 60 cases of pneumonia notified, an
increase of 10 compared with the previous year, The number
of deaths attributed to this disease was 65.
Malaria. No case of malaria was notified during the year.
Dysentery. One case of dysentery was notified during th year.
Acute Poliomyelitis. Acute Polio-encephalitis.
Three cases of acute poliomyelitis were notified
during the year. All wore treated in hospital. There was'
one death.
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
One case of encephalitis lethargica was notified
and one death recorded from this disease during the year.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
The following table shows the number of cases
notified and result of treatment
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