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Health Propaganda.—The district participated in the Surrey
County Health Campaign which was promoted conjointly by the
County Council and the Authorities of the more urbanised districts
of the County. The organised activities covered the period
October 1937, to March 1938, and included 5 Health Days, one in
each month, excepting December, when films were shown to
school children, meetings organised for mothers in the afternoon
and for the general public in the evening, at which experienced
speakers gave addresses on health topics with which they were
specially qualified to deal. These talks were illustrated also by
films.
Section F.—Prevalence of and Control
over Infectious and other Diseases.
Separate figures are given in this section where they occur
relating to Queen Mary's Hospital for Children and for the rest of
the district. The London County Council Hospital is almost a
closed community and has a patient population of over 1,000
children drawn exclusively from London and whose human contact
is almost entirely with visiting residents of London.
The prevalence of the common infectious diseases, particularly
scarlet fever and diphtheria, was again heavier on the St. Helier
Estate.
Notification.—The following diseases are notifiable in the
district :—
Smallpox.
Cholera.
Diphtheria.
Membranous Croup.
Erysipelas.
Scarlatina or
Scarlet Fever.
Typhus Fever.
Typhoid Fever.
Enteric Fever.
Relapsing or
Continued Fever.
Cerebro-Spinal.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum.
Puerperal Pyrexia
Tuberculosis.
Malaria.
Dysentery.
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Acute Primary
Pneumonia.
Acute Influenzal
Pneumonia.
Acute Encephalitis
Lethargica.
Acute Polio-
Encephalitis.