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Total attendances made at Clinic during 1938
School age 4,220
Pre-school age 1,297
Total 5,517
Small -pox.
No cases of this disease occurred in 1938. I am indebted to the
Vaccination Officer for the following information:—
Number of successful vaccinations 461
Number of conscientious objections to vaccination 631
Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases.
A small epidemic of Measles occurred during the year, many of the
cases being of a severe type accompanied by various complications,
notably Broncho-Pneumonia, and it was found necessary to remove a
number of patients to hospital. 6 deaths from Measles were recorded.
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Admission to hospital of non-notifiable infectious disease cases
associated with complications were as follows:—
Measles 90
Whooping Cough 11
Chicken Pox 3
Diabetes and Anæmia.
With the approval of the Ministry of Health, Insulin was supplied
to 8 patients suffering from Diabetes. The number of units amounted
to 83,075 and the cost was £20 6s. Reports upon the progress of the
cases were furnished to the Ministry according to their requirements.
With the Ministry's sanction, one patient suffering from Anæmia
was supplied with Ventræmon Powder at a cost of £4 7s. 0d,