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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.
Meningococcal Infection.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Malaria.
Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Acute Encephalitis
Lethargica.
Food Poisoning.
Smallpox.
No cases of smallpox occurred in the district. Thirty-two contacts
of cases of Asiatic Smallpox arising among the passengers of the
s.s. Mooltan were vaccinated and kept under surveillance during April.
Vaccination.
The arrangements for vaccination under the County Council's
scheme are directed locally by the district Medical Officers of Health
following agreements between the County Council and the Sanitary
District Councils. Vaccination is available at the Infant Welfare and
School Clinics and may be done by the general practitioners to whom
a fee of 5/- per case is payable for notifying details of treatment.
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