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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
Paddington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Year. | Under 5 years of age. | Over 5 years of age. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
* Private medical practitioners' cases, included in totals.
| Positive. | Negative. | Pseudo-Positive. | Pseudo-Negative. | Unknown result. | Total. | Fully Inoculated. | Partly Inoculated. | No. of Inocs. given. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | |||||||
| — | — | ||||||||
| — | — |
| Positive. | Negative. | Pseudo-Positive. | Pseudo-Negative. | Unknown Result. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After First He-test. | After Further Re-test. | After First Re-test. | After Further Re-test. | After First Re-test. | After Further Re-test. | After First Re-test. | After Further Re-test. | |||
| — | — | — | — | |||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Ordinary Clinic. | Private Practitioners. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 12 months | 6 | 121 | — | 80 |
| 1 year to 5 years | 88 | 51 | ||
| 5 years to 10 years | 20 | 24 | ||
| 10 years to 15 years | 2 | 5 | ||
| 15 years and upwards | 5 | — | ||
Ten children received immunisation treatment at the Orphanage of Mercy, Randolph Gardens,
during the year.
In October, 1936, a Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic was opened at St. Mary's Hospital. Dr.
A. B. Porteous, the Medical Officer in charge of the Clinic reports that eight children received
treatment during the year 1937.