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City of Westminster 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: DENTAL TREATMENT - Clinic Report-

DENTAL TREATMENT - Clinic Report-

Now CasesReappointmentsExtractionsFillingsOther OperationsAnaesthetics
LocalGeneral
19441415122833043731766
19451615603282714356172

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DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION TREATMENT AND SCHICK TESTING
The following are particulars of children under five years of ago who have
been immunised against diphtheria in the City.

Table: Number of children who had completed a full course of immunisation at any time up to 31st December, 1945.

Number of children who had completed a full course of immunisation at any time up to 31st December, 1945.

• . Age at 31.12.45 i.e. Bom in yearUnder 1 1915 .1 19442 19433 19424 1941
Number Immunised70460408425317
Estimated mid-year population 1945• . 2,980

Table: Children Immunised in 1945:-

Children Immunised in 1945:-

Under five years of age58O
Over fivo years of age31
L.C.C. School Children-
(Immunised by City Council's
Medical Staff)23
634

Table: Children Schick Tested in 1945:-

Children Schick Tested in 1945:-

Negatives232
Positives3
235

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Of children living in Westminster over one year and under five years of
age at 31st December, 1915, some 71.5% had been immunised. There were no deaths
from diphtheria during the year.
HOME NURSING
The City Council has an arrangement with three District Nursing Associations
for the nursing in the homes of children under five years of age suffering from
various ailments and for certain conditions in adults. The City Council pay the
Associations 2/6d. per visit for this service. During the year the District Nurses
made 796 visits under this scheme.