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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
City of Westminster 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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DENTAL TREATMENT - Clinic Reprts.
| New; Cases | Re Appointments | Extractions | Fillings | Other operations | Anaesthetics | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local | General | ||||||
| 1945 | 560 | 325 | 271 | 435 | 72 | ||
| 1946 | 178 | 311 | 250 | 394 | 33 | 71 | |
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.
Number of children who had completed a full course of immunisation at any time up to 31st December 1946
| Age at 31.12.1946 i.e. Born in year | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 1945 | 1944 | 1943 | 1942 | |
| Number immunised: | 19 | 350 | 636 | 551 | 538 |
| Estimated mid-yearpopulation 1946 | |||||
Children Inairunised in .1946:-
| Under five years of age | |
| Over five years of age | 4 |
| L.C.C. School Children -(Immunised by City Council's Medical Staff) | |
| 780 | |
| Children Schick tested in 1 46:- | |
| Negatives | 208 |
| Positives | 2 |
| 210 | |
Of children living in Westminister over one year and under five years of age
at 31st December, 1946, some 83% had been immunised. There were no deaths from
diphtheria during the year.
The Minister of Hea1th in Circular 194/45 issued in November 1945 desired
Welfare Authorities to adopt the procedure whereby each Health Visiter should be
made responsible for securing the immunisation of children under school age in
her district and placed in Welfare Authorities the responsibility for all measures
designed to secure the immunisation of children under school age, and for
recording success or failure to secure that the individual child receives it.
The Minister gave particulars of the standardised form of records to be kept and
the returns to be made.
The Minister's recommendations contained, in this circular are being
carried cut. The procedure outlined has been substantially followed in
Westminster for many years in that it was the city of each Health Visitor to
explain the advantages of immunisation to the parents of each child living in her