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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Disease
Disease
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis - ( -)
Chicken Pox 461 (612)
Diphtheria - ( -)
Dysentery, Diarrhoea or
Enteritis 156 (50)
Food Poisoning 2(1)
Erysipelas - (1)
German Measles 396 (195)
Influenza 49 (19)
Impetigo 25 (21)
Jaundice 23 (14)
Measles 310 (396)
Mumps 80 (336)
Poliomyelitis 1 (-)
Pneumonia 2 (-)
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1 (-)
(Primary)
Ringworm (Scalp) 5 (2)
Ringworm (Body) 10 ( 7)
Scabies 29 (72)
Scarlet Fever 45 (39)
Smallpox - (-)
Sore Throat 19 (2)
Tonsilitis 81 (74)
Typhoid Fever and
Paratyphoid Fever - (-)
Whooping Cough 35 (68)
Ophthalmia and
Conjunctivitis 18 (12)
Other Diseases:Sickness - (-)
Virus Meningitis - (2)
Prophylaxis
The following table shows the percentage of school children of all ages inspected who were reported to have been immunised against -
| (a) Smallpox | 69.8 | (69.6) |
| (b) Diphtheria | 85.5. | (85.5) |
| (c) Whpoping Cough | 73.8 | (70.4) |
| (d) Poliomyelitis | 85.0 | (83.3) |
The B.C.G. Scheme
In accordance with the B.C.G. scheme, vaccination was offered to children
in the 13 years + age group, as a protection against tuberculosis.
The following table is an analysis of this procedure:
| 1. No. of children tuberculin-tested | 1,554 | (2,551) | ||||
| 2. No. of children found positive to test | 109 | ( 470) | ||||
| 3. No. of children positive to test who were X-rayed | 40 | ( 327) | ||||
| 4. No. of children found negative to test | 1,420 | (2,047) | ||||
| 5. No. of children vaccinated | 1,419 | (2,047) | ||||
* The figures for 1967 were enhanced by the residue of cases carried
forward from 1966. It has been noted that in the fourteen years in which
B.C.G. vaccination has been offered, it is extremely rare for a case of
tuberculosis to occur.
Handicapped Pupils
During 1968 special educational treatment was provided for 998 children.
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