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Deptford 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Year | No. of Cases | Attack Rate per 1,000 population | No. of Deaths | Case Mortality per cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average 1915-24 | 322 | 2.8 | 19 | 5.9 |
| 1925-29 | 496 | 4.3 | 14 | 2.8 |
| 1930 | 434 | 3.9 | 4 | 0.9 |
| 1931 | 264 | 2.5 | 12 | 4.5 |
| 1932 | 249 | 2.3 | 6 | 2.4 |
| 1933 | 236 | 2.3 | 5 | 2.1 |
Parents should consider as to the advisability of protecting their
children from the disease by the method of artificial immunisation.
The Borough Council has established a clinic for this purpose and,
with proper safeguards as adopted there, it may confidently be said
that no risk attaches to the method.
The work of the Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic has been undertaken
by Dr. Donnelly, who has very kindly furnished me with the
following Report:—
Schick testing and inoculation began in March, 1927. The figures for successive years are as follows:—
| Year. | Positive. | Number of Negative. | Schick Tests. Unknown Result. | Total. | Fully Inoculated. | Partly Inoculated. | No. of Inoculations given. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 214 | 152 | 8 | 374 | 410 | 15 | 1233 |
| 1928 | 85 | 75 | 14 | 174 | 168 | 65 | 580 |
| 1929 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 55 | 72 | 15 | 221 |
| 1930 | 15 | 27 | — | 42 | 65 | 3 | 199 |
| 1931 | 6 | 7 | — | 13 | 17 | 5 | 58 |
| 1932 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 11 | — | 33 |
| 1933 | 5 | 4 | — | 9 | 32 | 1 | 97 |
| Number of Schick Re-tests. | |||||||
| Positive. | Negative. | Unknown Result. | Total. | ||||
| 1927 | — | - | - | - | |||
| 1928 | 34 | 134 | 13 | 181 | |||
| 1929 | 8 | „ | 3 | 66 | |||
| 1930 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 45 | |||
| 1931 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 26 | |||
| 1932 | 2 | 15 | — | 17 | |||
| 1933 | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||
In all cases where a full immunizing course has been given,
parents are requested to bring their children for the purpose of having
a Schick re test carried out. The response to this request leaves
much to be desired.