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Marylebone 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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37
DIPHTHERIA.
Immunisation.
Except for the five months July to November inclusive, the Schick Testing and
Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic continued to operate at Health Centre No. 1
(temporary premises, No. 181, Marylebone Road) and at the Middlesex Hospital.
T.A.F. (Toxoid-Antitoxin-Floccules in suspension) was the only diphtheria prophylactic
employed. Table 23 gives details of the work carried out.
TABLE 23.
Work of the Diphtheria Immunisation Clinics.
| Pre-school children. | School children. | Adults. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendances | 497 | 117 | 141 | 755 |
| New cases | 116 | 28 | 55 | 199 |
| Schick negative | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Completely immunised (three injections but not retested) | 92 | 26 | 27 | 145 |
| Retested | 89 | 17 | 8 | 114 |
| Positive after retest . | 2 | — | — | 2 |
Antitoxin.
One application was made for a free supply of antitoxin under the Diphtheria
Antitoxin (London) Order, 1910.
MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH.
On the 23rd October, 1939, the County of London (Measles and Whooping
Cough) Regulations, 1938, were amended by Provisional Regulations made by the
Minister of Health requiring all cases of measles and whooping cough to be notified
(whereas, under the 1938 Regulations, notification was not required in certain
cases if a similar illness occurring in the same house had been notified within the
previous two months), and fixing the fee payable to a medical practitioner for
each certificate at one shilling.
VACCINATION.
Table 24, prepared by the Vaccination Officer, contains the vaccination return relating to the year 1938. The following statement gives some information with regard to the work done and the results obtained during 1939:-
| Number of visits paid | 1,116 | |
| Number of vaccinations— | ||
| Primary | 881 | |
| Re-vaccinations | 26 | |
| - | 907 | |
| Number of successful vaccinations | 737 | |
| Number of unsuccessful vaccinations | 84 | |
| Awaiting inspection | 86 | |