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Islington 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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Table: NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1942.

NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1942.

DISEASES.No. of Notifications.No. of DeathsCases removed to hospital.
Scarlet Fever4381418
Diphtheria2012201
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)1-1
Puerperal Fever929
Puerperal Pyrexia65-54
Acute Primary & Influenzal Pneumonia86616
Ophthalmia Neonatorum20-9
Encephalitis Lethargica-10-
Cerebro-Spinal Fever19219
Anthrax-•-
Dysentery41139
Malaria---
Erysipelas92-60
Measles14812359
Whooping Cough36113130
Acute Poliomyelitis---
Acute Polioencephalitis---

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SMALLPOX AND VACCINATION:
No case of smallpox was notified. Of the 2,319 births returned on the "Birth
List Sheets" during 1941, 1,002 were successfully vaccinated. In addition, 837
children, whose births Occurred elsewhere, were vaccinated in the Borough.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
In all, 347 clinics wore held, at which attendances totalled 23,520, giving an
average attendance per session of 67.70.
The sessions were held as under:-
North Islington Welfare Centre, Manor Gardens, N.7. 73
First Aid Post, Mildmay Conference Hall, Newington Green, N.1. 53
First Aid Post, London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road, N.1. 52
At London County Council Schools in Borough. 126
War-Time Day Nurseries 43
347
Number of children who received full course of immunisations:-
Under 5 years 3,508
Over 5 years 2,226
5,734
Of the above, 3,429 were post-Schick-Tested and in 42 cases further injections
were necessary. In addition to the above 893 children were Primary Schick-Tested, with
a negative result, and did not therefore require immunisation. The total number of
children seen at the clinics during the year who were either protected or found to
be immune was 7,405.
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