Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1942.

  • Chelsea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1942
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1942. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    65 The following table gives details of the work of the clinic during the past FOUR years. TABLE 41A. Year No. of new cases. Preliminary Schick Tested. Com menced treat ment without Schick Test. Natur ally Immune Immunised. Discon tinued treat ment and re moved from register. No. under treat ment at end of year. CHILDREN IMMUNISED IN COUNTRY AND POST SCHICK AT CLINIC. Pre school Age. School Age. Pre school Age. School Age. 1939 241 3 36 202 16 164 22 10 125 — 1940 191 4 22 165 12 160 19 3 118 — 1941 754 5 396 353 149 151 420 29 29 — 1942 866 4 232 560 120 252 329 16 102 70 Diphtheria Anti-toxin.—Anti-toxin is supplied, in prophylactic and in curative doses, free of charge to any medical practitioner requiring it for Chelsea patients. An anti-toxin syringe, needles and steriliser are also available. Further details will-be found on page 28. SCARLET FEVER. Notifications.—During the year, 6V cases of Scarlet Fever were notified, the figure for 1 (.)ht being J2& Information was received from the L.C.C. Hospitals that 4 of the cases proved not to be Scarlet Fever. The actual number of cases was therefore63. No '* return case of the disease occurred during the year. Deaths.—There was /VO leath from Scarlet Fever during the year. Table 42 shows the incidence of the disease during the past FOUR years. TABLE No. 42. Year. Cases (Corrected). Percentage of Removals. Deaths. Case Mortality Rate. Percentage of cases of School-age 3-13 years. Month of greatest pre valence. 1939 48 88 — — 57 FEB 1940 13 92 — — 31 JAN 1941 18 96 — — 55 FEB 1942 63 95 — — 77 AUG Xo application of the Dick test or of artificial immunization against Scarlet Fever has yet been made in the Borough. MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH.
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