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Merton and Morden 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XXV. DIPHTHERIA—INCIDENCE BY AGE GROUPS.
| AGE GROUPS | Total all Ages | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-2 years | 2-3 years | 3-4 years | 4-5 years | 5-10 years | 10-15 years | 15-25 years | 25-35 years | 35-45 years | Over 45 years | ||
| Cases | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | 32 | ||
Seventy-five per cent. of the cases were children of school
or pre-school age.
Fifty thousand units of anti-toxin were issued to practitioners
during the year and 556 swabs were examined.
Diphtheria Immunisation. The facilities for Diphtheria
Immunisation were continued as in previous years.
The number of persons immunised at the clinics, in schools
and by private practitioners during the yeay under the scheme,
is shown in the following tables:—
TABLE XXVI.
PERSONS IMMUNISED AT CLINICS DURING 1939.
| Wards. | Age Groups | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 years | 5-15 years | 15 and over | ||
| Abbey | 10 | 1 | — | 11 |
| Bushev Mead | 9 | 8 | — | 17 |
| Central | 45 | 11 | — | 56 |
| Morden | 35 | 8 | — | 43 |
| Park | 17 | 4 | — | 21 |
| Ravensbury | 20 | 17 | — | 37 |
| Raynes Park | 14 | 8 | — | 22 |
| St. Helier | 23 | 22 | — | 45 |
| West Barnes | 21 | 4 | — | 25 |
| Total | 194 | 83 | — | 277 |
Total inoculations given at clinics in 1939 = 702.
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