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Greenwich 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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Diphtheria Immunisation (cont'd).
During the year. 338 children were immunised at Seamen's
Hospital; 51 by local Medical Practitioners; 271 by School Medical
Officers; and 9 were reported by other local authorities - thus
making a total of 669 cases completed,, as compared with 1,765 for
the previous year. 383 cases were under 5 years of age, and 286
cases were between the ages of 5 and 15. 361 cases were given
Post-Schick tests.
The large evacuation of school children and the intensified
attacks by fly-bombs seriously interfered with the general working
of the schemes.
TÜBERCULOSIS
I am indebted to Dr. Macdonald, Acting Tuberculosis Officer,
for the following report on the work of the Dispensary and in
relation to this disease generally:-
"Not if I cat ions during 1944 numbered 155, of which 135 were
cases of pulmonary tuberculosis ana 20 of non-pulmonary tuberculosis.
In the same period 42 died suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis and
7 from non-pulmonary tuberculosis.
NEW CASES AND MORTALITY.
| AGE PERIODS YEARS. | NEW CASES. | DEATHS. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Reapiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 – 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 1 – 5 | 4 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | 2 | – |
| 5 – 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 15 – 25 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | – |
| 25 – 35 | 18 | 13 | – | 2 | 5 | 6 | – | – |
| 35 – 45 | 14 | 5 | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| 45 – 55 | 9 | 2 | – | – | 5 | 2 | – | – |
| 55 – 65 | 9 | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | – |
| 65 and upwardS | 5 | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| TOTALS | 84 | 51 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 2 |
577 new cases were examined, of these 113 were suffering from
Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 16 from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis; the
remainder were diagnosed as not suffering from Tuberculosis in any
form.
Of the 577 new cases it Is interesting to know that 56 were
referred by the various Medical Boards an indication of the care
that is now being taken in the selection of recruits for the
Services.