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Islington 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1933
| Infection from previous cases | 7 |
| Infection from common lodging houses | - |
| Infection from school | — |
| Smallpox in the neighbourhood | 1 |
| Infection from workplace | 2 |
| Infection not traced | — |
| Contact with cases in other Boroughs | — |
| Infection in hop fields | — |
| Infection from hospital | — |
| Infection possibly from "missed case" | — |
| Unverified cases | 1 |
| Total | 11 |
| Age. | Unvaccinated. | Vaccinated in Infancy. | Doubtful. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0- 5 years | — | — | — |
| 5-10 „ | — | — | — |
| 10-15 „ | 2 | — | — |
| 15-20 „ | 1 | — | — |
| 20-30 „ | 1 | 21 | — |
| 30-40 „ | 1 | — | — |
| 40-50 „ | — | 2 | — |
| 50-60 „ | 1 | 1 | — |
| and upwards | — | — | — |
| 6 | 5 | — |
* 1 unconfirmed.
Diphtheria was responsible for 547 cases of illness, which were 292 below
the average (839) of the preceding ten years. The attack rate was equal to 1.72
per 1,000 of the civil population annually, and was 0.83 below the mean rate (2.55)
of the decennial period. In London the attack-rate was 2.2 per 1,000.
DIPHTHERIA ANTI-TOXIN; IMMUNISATION.
Under the Special Order of 15th August, 1910, the then Local Government
Board sanctioned the provision by the Sanitary Authority, in pursuance of
section 77 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, of a temporary supply of
Diphtheria Anti-toxin "for the poorer inhabitants of the district, subject to the
following conditions, that is to say, the arrangements with respect to the keeping,
distribution and use of the Diphtheria Anti-toxin shall be made in accordance with
the advice of the Medical Officer of Health."
The section of the Public Health Act referred to is that which enables the
authority, with the sanction of the Local Government Board, to provide a temporary
supply of medicine, etc., for the poorer inhabitants of their district. (See also
page 37).
Applications in respect of 5 children were received for Diphtheria immunisation
(Schick Test) during the year.