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Ilford 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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No schools were closed during the year on account of infectious
disease.
Table VII on page 96 shows the incidence of infectious diseases
in the Ilford schools during 1939.
729 home visits were paid by the Health Visitors to cases of
minor infectious disease.
| Valentines. | Mayesbrook. | |
|---|---|---|
| — | ||
Result of final Schick test in 1939 of cases inoculated in 1938 :
Valentines. Mayesbrook.
Positive and re-inoculated 10 5
Negative 132 299
860 individual children were treated (390 at Valentines and
470 at Mayesbrook), making 3,080 attendances (1,604 and 1,476
respectively).
Since June, 1932, children under 8 years of age have not been
Schick tested prior to immunisation, unless there was some parti"
cular reason to suppose that the child might give a combined
reaction to the Schick test.
Since the first introduction of immunisation against
Diphtheria in Ilford in 1929, 5,136 children of school age, and
3,467 children under school age have been immunised.
Measles.—42 cases were notified from the schools, compared
with 2,026 in 1938. There were no deaths from Measles in children
of school age.