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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
Barking 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES AMONGST SCHOOL CHILDREN.
(a) Scarlet Fever.
One hundred and five children were notified
as suffering from Scarlet Fever during 1949,
compared with eighty-four in 1948.
(b) Whooping Cough.
There was a decrease in the number of cases
of Whooping Cough, eighty-one being notified
in 1949, and one hundred and sixteen in the
previous year.
(c) Measles.
There was a very considerable decrease in
the number of Measles notifications; there
being only one hundred and sixty-four this
year as against five hundred and twentythree
in 1948.
(d) Diphtheria.
One only case of Diphtheria was notified,
whilst in the previous year there were
seven.
IMMUNISATION.
Immunisation against Diphtheria was carried out
by your Medical Officers not only at the Clinics but
at schools also, and at the end of the year no less
than 83 per cent. of the school population were
immunised against Diphtheria.
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