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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

East Ham 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: Table 12.—DIPHTHERIA PROPHYLAXIS. Return for Period Ending 31st December, 1944.

Table 12.—DIPHTHERIA PROPHYLAXIS. Return for Period Ending 31st December, 1944.

Age under 5 years.Age 5 years and over, but under 15Total.
Number of children (including temporary residents) who completed the full course of immunisation in the Authority's area between 1st January and 31st December, 1944.583406989
II.Under 5.Between 5 and 15.
(A) Approximate estimated number of children in the Authority's area at 31st December, 1944.8,4009,200
(B) What percentage of the child population shown under (A) is it considered were immunised at 31st December, 1944.55%70%

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III.
(A) Number of cases of Diphtheria in children under 15 years of age
notified and diagnosis confirmed between 1st January and 31st
December, 1944 24
(B) Number of cases included in (A) in which the child is known to have
completed the course of immunisation not less than 12 weeks before
the onset of the disease 4
(C) Number of deaths from Diphtheria registered in the Authority's area
between 1st January and 31st December, 1944, of children under 15
years of age 3
(D) Number of deaths included in (C) in which the child is known to have
completed the course of immunisation not less than 12 weeks before
the onset of the disease —
APPLICATIONS FOR INOCULATION AGAINST TYPHOID
FEVER.
One application made in 1944, compared with none in 1942 and
1943, and 6 in 1941.
MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902-1936.
The number of midwives who notified their intention to practise
in the area during 1944 was 28. Of this number 14 worked in connection
with the Maternity Hospital and District Nurses Home,
Plaistow, and its Branches, 1 from Tate's Nurses' Home, Silvertown,
7 from East Ham Memorial Hospital, and 6 practised independently,
including three Municipal Midwives.