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Leaflets of instruction are given to the parents of the patients
on the removal of the patient, and on his discharge from hospital.
Some children harbour, in their throats or noses, virulent diphtheria
bacilli for prolonged periods, sometimes for years. They are a
source of potential danger to the rest of the family and to the school
children and others with whom they come into contact. The London
County Council has established three clinics for the treatment of
diphtheria carriers— at Guy's Hospital the Hospital for Sick
Children, Great Ormond Street and St. Mary's Hospital. Treatment
for these carriers may be obtained by application to the School
Medical Officer (S.H.3), the County Hall, London, S.E.i.
Immunisation Clinic.— The clinic for the immunisation of
persons against diphtheria held weekly at the Pine Street Centre,
and the propaganda carried out to encourage attendance have been
continued. Immunisation treatment is also given at the Leage
Street Centre.
A special leaflet for parents, with application form attached,
is sent to the mother of every baby at the age of one year, and is
distributed by the Health Visitors and Sanitary Inspectors. The
Centre Superintendents and the Assistant Medical Officers also
endeavour to secure the co-operation of parents. Posters urging
parents to protect their children against diphtheria are displayed
throughout the Borough at frequent intervals.
Special leaflets have been distributed and re-distributed at the
London County Schools in the Borough. This is carried out regularly
three times a year.
Special certificates are issued to the parents of children
immunised, and those found to be naturally immune are also given
a certificate. The preservation of these certificates by the parents
is important and should be a valuable guide to medical practitioners
when they are called upon to deal with doubtful throats in such
patients.