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Carshalton 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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immunisation, which are very real, can largely be overcome by using
immunising material which is a combined prophylactic against both
diseases. Using the combined process introduces a little difficulty in
deciding the optimum age at which it should be done. The considerations
are different in the two diseases. For obvious reasons a separate course
of injections against each of the two infections should be avoided if
possible and the choice of age for combined treatment is a compromise.
The greatest degree of advantage would appear to be gained if the
course of three injections at monthly intervals for primary immunisation
against both diseases is commenced when the child is six months old.
This should be followed by reinforcing doses at two years and five years.
TABLE 13.
WHOOPING COUGH—WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION
1952.
(Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)
| 1952. | Ward. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North. | St. Helier South. | St. Helier West. | North-East. | Northwest. | Central. | South-East. | South-West. | ||
| January | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| February | - | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| March | - | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| April | - | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| May | 2 | - | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 5 |
| June | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 8 | — | 10 |
| July | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 |
| August | - | - | — | - | - | - | 4 | — | 4 |
| September | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — | 3 |
| October | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 6 |
| November | 3 | - | 1 | 10 | — | — | 2 | — | 16 |
| December | 1 | 7 | — | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| Totals | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 94 |
| Monthly Mean | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 2.25 | 0.83 | 0.66 | 1.75 | 0.08 | 7.83 |
| Case rate per 1,000 population | 1.06 | 1.30 | 1.09 | 2.86 | 1.39 | 1.31 | 2.70 | 0.15 | 1.52 |
Meningococcal Infection
No cases were notified for the second consecutive year.
Poliomyelitis
Until May, the district had been free from poliomyelitis since the
previous September. During the last eight months of the year 14 cases
occurred at intervals. Of these 11 developed some degree of paralysis
and 3 were non-paralytic. This is the highest number since the epidemic
year of 1947, when 15 cases were notified.
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