[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Uxbridge UDC 1948].

  • Uxbridge (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1949]
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    DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION. With the coming into force of the National Health Service Act, 1946, the responsibility for all diphtheria immunisation passed to the Middlesex County Council with effect from 5th July, 1948. I he arrangements under which immunisation was carried out at County Council Welfare Centres are continued. In addition, all private medical practitioners have been invited to undertake the free immunisation of children of all ages. The prophylactic required by medical practitioners is provided free of charge, and supplies are held at the Public Health Department for distribution on behalf of the County Council. The number of immunisations completed up to 4th July was 314, divided into two age groups, as follows :—• Under 5 years. 5 years but under 15. 295 19 In addition 210 children received a “ boost ” injection. The following table showing the incidence of diphtheria and the number of deaths from the disease, giving the figures for the country as a whole as well as those for Uxbridge, is again reproduced. This shows a further decline in cases of diphtheria and in deaths from the disease. Deaths Cases Year England and Wales Uxbridge England and Wales Uxbridge 1931-40 2,800 2 55,300 34 (average) 1940 2,480 2 46,281 43 1941 2,641 3 50,797 44 1942 1,827 5 41,404 43 1943 1,371 — 34,662 — 1944 934 — 29,949 9 1945 722 — 25,246 1 1946 472 — 18,283 2 1947 245 — 10,469 — 1948 150 — 8,034 SCABIES. As stated in the Medical Officer’s Report for 1946, following the discontinuance of the facilities provided at Civil Defence First Aid Posts for the treatment of scabies, a clinic was opened at the Uxbridge Isolation Hospital. The numbers of persons treated at this clinic each year were as follows :— 1946 . 40 1947 42 1948 . 2