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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
The district continued to be free from variola infection during the
year.
Vaccination against Smallpox.
The scheme of the County Council which is the responsible authority
under Section 26 of the National Health Service Act provides both for
vaccination and re-vaccination against smallpox for persons of all ages.
The primary aim is to secure the protection of all infants in the first few
months of life. By agreement with the County District Councils, the
scheme is directed locally by the District Medical Officers of Health. Free
treatment is available at the Welfare Clinics and can be had free from
doctors as part of the General Practitioner services under the Act.
Recorded information in respect of pre-school children is sufficiently
complete as to provide a reasonably accurate estimate of the vaccinal state
of children under five years of age. This shews that 52% of this age group
had at some time been successfully vaccinated.
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