Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The following particulars are appended of vaccinations during 1926:—
Certificates of successful vaccinations | 304 |
Postponed | 4 |
Conscientious objections | 463 |
Left District | 16 |
The vaccination rate per 1,000 births was therefore 371.6, compared
with 394.8 for the preceding year
(c) Diphtheria.—55 cases were notified, compared with 75
the preceding year. Of cases notified, 52 were removed and treated
in hospital. Two deaths from diphtheria occurred, one in hospital
and the other in an outside institution. A child admitted the
previous year diagnosed as diphtheria died in January, 1926 from
Tuberculous Broncho-Pneumonia. The average stay of clinical
diphtheria in hospital was 35.2 days, the longest stay being 76 and
the shortest 16 days. Two cases of laryngeal diphtheria were
admitted to hospital, in both instances tracheotomy being necessary.
One patient died four days after admission, while the other made
a satisfactory recovery.
The type of diptheria present on examination was as follows
Faucial | 28 |
Naso-Pharyngeal | 8 |
Laryngeal | 2 |
Eight admissions were on purely bacteriological grounds.
Of cases notified as diphtheria and removed to hospital six on examination were found to be mistaken diagnosis, as follows:—
Tonsilitis | 4 |
Nil Diagnosed | 2 |
Twenty cases of diptheria admitted to hospital developed complications, as follows:—
Adenitis | 9 | Albuminuria & Neuritis | 1 |
Adenitis & Myocarditis | 1 | Albuminuria & Adenitis | 1 |
Boils | 5 | Abscesses—Various | 2 |
Otorrhoea, Adenitis & Rhinorrhœa | 1 |