London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Carshalton 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: The number of persons successfully treated and recorded under these arrangements during 1950 was as follows:—

The number of persons successfully treated and recorded under these arrangements during 1950 was as follows:—

Age at 31st Dec., 1950Under 1 yr.1-4 yrs.5-14 yrs.15 yrs. & over.Total.
Primary Vaccinations—
By Private Practitioners121932924267
At Clinics ...162887—257
2831813624524
Revaccinations—
By Private Practitioners—51786103
At Clinics——3—3
—52086111
In addition the following unsuccessful attempts at vaccination were made:—
Age at 31st December, 1950Under 1 yr.1-4 yrs.5-14 yrs.15 yrs. & over.Total.
Primary108——18
Re-vaccination—171018
10971036

Text

Copy text to clipboard

The number of children vaccinated during the first year of life
at 283 represents 34% of the births which occurred during the year.
This is an increase of 9 over the similar percentage in 1949. At the
end of 1950 the infant welfare records show that 38% of the children
under 5 years of age were vaccinated as compared with 34% at the
end of 1949. The vaccination rate varies considerably in different
parts of the district. Generally it is highest in the southern end,
where it reaches 58%, and lowest in the northern part where it falls
to 28%.
Enteric Fever.
There were no cases of typhoid fever, but two of paratyphoid.
Both were Para. B. infections, one in a student hospital nurse and
the other in a hospital patient. Both recovered.
Dysentery.
Seven cases of dysentery were notified, five of which were patients
in Queen Mary's Hospital. Of the two cases in residents, one was a
44