Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Diphtheria Cases and Immunisation state 1947-1953 (inclusive)
Immunised | Non-Immunised | Unknown | Total | Deaths | |
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Age Groups 0—5 5—15 15 + | Age Groups 0—5 5—15 15 + | ||||
1953 | — — 1 | « | 1 | Nil | |
1952 | — | — | |||
1951 | 1 2 — | 8 5 1 | — | 17 | 7 years—Not immunised |
1950 | — 5 — | 3 7 4 | — | 19 | 7 years—Not immunised |
1949 | 1 3 — | 2 8 3 | — | 17 | 4 years |
6 years Not immunised | |||||
1948 | 1 2 1 | 1 — 2 | — | 7 | Nil |
1947 | — 5 1 | 2 4 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 years—Not immunised |
Totals | 3 17 2 | 16 24 16 | 2 | 80 | 5 deaths (None immunised) |
22 | 56 |
No. of Islington Children Immunised against Diphtheria—1939-1953
1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
525 | 89 | 3,261 | 5,734 | 6,321 | 3,165 | 3,688 | 3,425 | 4,563 | 5,387 | 3,185 | 2,604 | 3,073 | 3,019 | 2,654 |
Diphtheria Immunisation.
Dr. B. E. Sharpe, Divisional Medical Officer, London County Council, has kindly supplied the following figures in respect of Islington children for the current year.
Estimated proportion of Children Immunised at 31.12.53 | Under 5 yrs. 54.7% | 5—15 yrs. 95.6% | |
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Total Attendance at all Clinics | 7,639 | ||
Sessions Held | 321 | ||
Average Attendance | 23.8 | ||
Number of Children who received Full Course of Immunising— Injections:— | |||
Under 5 years | 2,439 | ||
5—15 years | 215 | ||
Boosting Injections | 2,079 |
Schick testing was discontinued in 1953. Information as in previous reports is, therefore, no longer available.
Food Poisoning | Number of notifications received | |
---|---|---|
1947 | 7 | |
1948 | 10 | |
1949 | 55 | |
1950 | 104 | |
1951 | 148 | |
1952 | 58 | |
1953 | 243 |
It will be noted from the above table that more notifications of food poisoning
were received in 1953 than in any previous year.