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Prevention of Diphtheria.
7.
Attendances
4,209 persons attended these Clinics during the year.
This compares with 1,845 in 1941 and 318 in 1940. In
addition 3,063 children have attended the L.C.C. Clinics held
at Schools in the Borough.
The Immunising Agent
The solution now used for routine immunisation is Alum
Precipitated Toxoid (A.P.T.) and two injections of ½ c.c.
each are given at monthly intervals. For persons over the age
of 15 two injections, each of 1 c.c., of Toxoid Anti-Toxin
Floccules (T.A.F.) are given.
The total number of children immunised during the year
was:—
At the Borough Council's Clinics 4,142
At L.C.C. Clinics 3,063
Total 7,205
TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of new cases which came to the notice of the
Department during the year was 646 compared with 618 in
1941 and 522 in 1940. 551 were pulmonary and 95 non
pulmonary tuberculosis. 221 deaths were certified as due to
diseases of a tuberculous nature, the death-rate being .88
There were fewer deaths from this disease than in 1941, when
231 deaths were recorded, and in 1940 when the number
was 242.
The 646 new cases were added to the Notification
Register and 587 who had removed, recovered or died were
taken off, the number remaining on the Register at the end
of the year being 2,213.
The two Tuberculosis Dispensaries which are at the
Municipal Buildings, Wandsworth, and 114 Gosberton Road,
Balham, have operated throughout the year, and 1,628 new
cases attended. Of these 330 were diagnosed as suffering from
tuberculosis, 235 were suspected cases and 1,063 were nontuberculous.
Of the 1,628 new cases examined, 452 wen
contacts, 38 of whom were found to be suffering from tuberculosis.
The number of cases remaining on the Dispensary
Register at the end of 1942 was 1,597, compared with 1,502
in 1941. The total attendances at the Dispensaries was 4,425.