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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 these hospitals 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 Primary
Pneumonia
Acute Influenzal
Pneumonia
Acute Poliomyelitis
Acute
Polioencephalitis
Typhus Fever
Typhoid Fever
Enteric Fever
Relapsing or Continued
Fever
Meningococcal Infection
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum
Puerperal Pyrexia
Malaria
Food Poisoning and
suspected food
poisoning
Leprosy
Smallpox
No case of smallpox occurred. This infection was introduced into the
London area from the West Indies during the summer, but there were no
Carshalton contacts.
Vaccination against Smallpox.
The County Council who are responsible for the scheme of vaccination
against smallpox under Section 26 of the National Health Service Act
sought and received Ministry approval to modification of the original
scheme under which the Council are now authorised to extend their arrangements
to include the primary vaccination of adults and the revaccination of
children and adults. Previously the scheme was primarily directed to the
protection of infants.
With the agreement of the County District Council, the service is
directed locally by the District Medical Officer of Health. The chief aim is
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