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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
Bexley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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| 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria Immunisation. No. of children immunised at Clinics | 939 | 2222 | 2692 | 2880 | 1882 | 794 | 1661 |
| No. of children immunised by General Practitioners | 107 | 209 | 205 | 216 | 85 | 59 | 63 |
| No. of children who failed to have full course | 7 | 45 | 49 | 88 | 99 | 42 | 6 |
| Booster doses | — | — | — | — | — | 171 | 224 |
| Total No. of children immunised at age of 15 at end of year | 2327 | 4802 | 7410 | 10931 | 12823 | 13430 | 13473 |
| Percentage of children under 15 by end of each year | 13.7% | 32.9% | 51% | 63.1% | 69.3% | 72% | 72.75% |
| No. of children immunised who developed Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | |
| Enteric Fever. No. of cases notified | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 1 | — | l |
| Puerperal Pyrexia. No. of cases notified | 12 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 26 |
| No. of cases isolated at Maternity Home, Bexleyheath | 8 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 22 |
| No. of cases isolated at Other Hospitals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Bow Arrow Hospital | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Patients Home | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum. No. of cases notified | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| No. of cases treated at home | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| No. of cases treated in Hospital | i | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| (a) Vision was unimpaired | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| (b) Vision was impaired | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Vision was lost | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (d) The patient died | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (e) The patient was still under treatment at the end of the year | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (f) The patient removed from the district | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (g) Classification under the above heads cannot be made (details of these cases should be attached) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |