[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of] page 78

Hornsey 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: The following table shows the number of Hornsey children inspected by years of birth and the classification of their physical condition.

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The following table shows the number of Hornsey children inspected by years of birth and the classification of their physical condition.

Year of Birth	Number of Pupils Inspected	Condition Satisfactory
		Number	%
		1954 and Later	209	209	100.0
		1953	619	619	100.0
1952	108	108	100.0
1951	27	27	100.0
1950	176	176	100.0
1949	744	744	100.0
1948	107	107	100.0
1947	229	229	100.0
1946	720	719	99.9
1945	279	279	100.0
1944	228	228	100.0
1943 and Earlier	924	924	100.0
Total	4,370	4,369	99.98

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Infectious Diseases in School Children
With the exception of tuberculosis which showed a slight increase, the
year 1958 was uneventful from the point of view of infection.
Three cases of poliomyelitis occurred in unvaccinated children; two of
the three were brothers and unfortunately one died and the other is
still in hospital with residual paralysis, the third case made an excellent
recovery.
There were no cases of diphtheria and no outbreaks of food poisoning or
dysentery during the year.
B.C.G. Vaccination

Table: Despite the special effort involved in carrying out poliomyelitis vac cination in 1958 it was felt that B.C.G. vaccination should be maintained as heretofore. Considerable difficulties were met in ensuring that the two schemes did not overlap.

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Despite the special effort involved in carrying out poliomyelitis vac cination in 1958 it was felt that B.C.G. vaccination should be maintained as heretofore. Considerable difficulties were met in ensuring that the two schemes did not overlap.

	1958		1957
Parents approached	1,218	%	1,128	%
Parents accepting	921	75.6	947	83.9
Mantoux positive	68	8.1	91	11.8
% Strong positive		50.0		61.6
% Weak positive		50.0		38.4
Mantoux negative	733	87.4	702	85.6
Total vaccinated	718	58.9 of children in group approached	691	61.3 of children in group approached

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Hornsey 1958

Table: The following table shows the number of Hornsey children inspected by years of birth and the classification of their physical condition.

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Table: Despite the special effort involved in carrying out poliomyelitis vac cination in 1958 it was felt that B.C.G. vaccination should be maintained as heretofore. Considerable difficulties were met in ensuring that the two schemes did not overlap.