[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford].

  • Romford (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1939?]
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    43/58 (page 41)
    41 (j) Tuberculosis. Table 21 sets out the number of notified cases of Tuberculosis, and the number of deaths during the year at certain age periods, distinguishing separately the pulmonary and non-pulmonary forms, male and female. Of the 32 deaths from Tuberculosis, 9 were un-notified during life, but were discovered from the returns of the Registrar of Deaths. This gives a percentage of 28.1 which compares with 26.7 last year. It was not found necessary to take any action under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or Section 172 of the Public Health Act, 1936. (ii) Non-Notifiable Diseases. The statistics given here are obtained from the returns of the head-teachers of the schools, and give a fair indication of the re lative prevalence of these diseases. They are as follows :— Table 16. Measles 583 cases. Chickenpox 252 cases. Whooping Cough 86 cases. Mumps 54 cases. Rubella 8 cases. Influenza 5 cases. Measles and Chickenpox were in epidemic form during the first quarter of the year—Mumps and Chickenpox during the last quarter. Mention was made in my last report of the request of the Medical Superintendent of the Romford Isolation Hospital for early intimation of Adult Cases of Measles, so that Convalescent Serum might be obtained at the appropriate time for use for pro phylaxis or attenuation. A stock of such serum was actually obtained, and used primarily for patients at the Hospital, but, on request, a supply was given out for the use of practitioners in the Borough. Regarding the practice adopted in this area for the exclusion of home contacts of patients suffering from infectious diseases, we make use of the Essex County Council Form M.I. 57, which is based on the Memorandum on Closure of and Exclusion from School, 1927.