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Islington 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SMALLPOX AND VACCINATION:
No case of Smallpox was notified. of the 5,469 birth returned on. the "Birth
List Sheets" during 1942, 1813 were successfully vaccinated. In addition, 993
children, whose births occurs elsewhere,.were ??? in. the borough.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION
Arising out of the increase in the number of request for immunisation and the
number of sessions which it become necessary to arrange, the Public Health Committee
approved the appointment of a whole time temporary Medical officer whose principal
duties should be, in ??? with Diphtheria Immunisation. Dr. Sybil D. Goodwill,
was appointed and took up her duties on 8th March, 1945, The nursing staff and
auxiliary personnel at First Aid Posts also volunteered for Diphtheria, Immunisation
clinic work when not otherwise required and rendered very useful assistance. The
Borough Council's health visitors and some of the Health Visitors of the Voluntary
Welfare Centres temporarily suspended some of their normal Maternity Child Welfare
activities in order to take part in a special Immunisation campaign on the lines
requested by the Ministry of Health.
By December 1943, it was estimated that 51% of children under the age of five
years and 70% of children between the ages of five and 15 years had been immunised.
There were 9 deaths from diphtheria in 1943. None of these oases had been
immunised.
The total attendances at all clinics during the year of 55,618 is a record
figure and nearly 50% ??? that the total attendences for 1942, Which itself was
the hi ghost number to be recorded up to that year.
In all, 499 clinic were held, at which attendance totalled 33,618, giving an
everage attendance per session of 67.37,
The sessions were held as under:-
| North Islington Branch Library, Manor Gardens, N.7. | |
| First Aid Post, Mildmay- ??? Hall, NewingtonGreen, N.l. | 49 |
| First Aid pest, LondonFever Hospital, Liverpool,n.1. | 52 |
| CommunityHall, BlytheMansions, Hillrise Road. (New clinicapend) | 28 |
| At London County Council Schools in Borough. | 189 |
| War-time Day Nurseries. | 74 |
| 499 |
Number of children who received full o curse of immunisations
| Under 5 years | 3,531 |
| over 5 years | 2,790 |
| 6,321 |
Of the above,5,606 were Post-Schick-Tested and in 865 cases further injections
were -necessary. In addition to the above, 739 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 8,564 (including 440 children re-tested with a negative result.)
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