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Section F—Prevalence of and Control
over Infectious and other Diseases.
The district has, within its boundaries, three General Hospitals,
two of which, namely, Queen Mary's Hospital for Children and the
St. Helier Hospital, are particularly large institutions which are part of
the hospital services of the South-West Metropolitan Hospital Region.
Many of the cases notified from the St. Helier Hospital are admitted
there from other districts already suffering from a notifiable disease, but
not diagnosed until after admission. In order, therefore, to give a
clearer picture of the prevalence of infectious disease in the resident
population of the district, separate figures are given in this Section
which exclude cases of hospital patients who are not residents of the
district. The figures given are after correction for original errors in
diagnosis.
Notification.
The following diseases are notifiable in the district
Smallpox.
Cholera.
Diphtheria.
Membranous Croup.
Erysipelas.
Scarlatina or
Scarlet Fever.
Measles.
Whooping Cough.
Tuberculosis.
Dysentery.
Acute Influenzal
Pneumonia.
Acute
Polioencephalitis.
Typhus Fever.
Typhoid Fever.
Enteric Fever.
Relapsing or
Continued Fever.
Cerebro-spinal Fever.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Malaria.
Acute Primary
Pneumonia.
Acute Encephalitis
Lethargica.
Food Poisoning.
Smallpox.
No cases of Variola infection were reported. Six contacts of
cases occurring in ships arriving in this country were kept under
observation.
Vaccination.
Under the County Council's scheme for vaccination, formulated
under Section 26 of the National Health Service Act, the district
Medical Officers of Health will be responsible for the direction of the
arrangements in their respective sanitary districts.
Vaccination is available at all infant welfare clinics or may be
done by general practitioners to whom an approved fee will be paid.
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