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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Carshalton 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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The number of persons recorded as having received successful vaccination during the year was as follows:—
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In addition, the following unsuccessful attempts at vaccination were made:—
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The estimated number of children under five years of age vaccinated
at the end of 1958, was 1,708.
Enteric Fever
No case of typhoid or paratyphoid fever was notified during the year.
The almost complete freedom from these enteric infections, particularly
true typhoid, is largely the result of the stringent control of public water
supplies and of improved standards of food hygiene.
Dysentery
Two small outbreaks of Sonne dysentery occurred in March and in
May/June. Thirty-six cases were notified and a further 7 came to notice as
a result of the investigation into the notified cases. Three were patients in
a local hospital. The ease with which this intestinal infection is spread
through the family circle is demonstrated by the fact that the 40 domiciliary
cases were distributed among only eleven families. One family had 7 of its
8 members affected, another 8 out of 11.
Sonne infection is the mildest of the dysenterys and this undoubtedly
militates against its control. Many cases never seek medical advice, the
diarrhoea which is frequently the sole symptom often being attributed to
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