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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
Croydon 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The great majority of children were referred from the Public
Elementary Schools and consequently were over 5 years of age.
The pre-school group of children are, however, an important group, but, for various reasons, parents are more reluctant to avail themselves of immunisation for their children coming within this group, a fact which is well brought out by the subjoined
Table:—
| Age Group. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total cases tested. | Percent. Positive. | Total cases tested. | Percent. Positive. | Total cases tested. | Percent. Positive. | |
| Under 5 years | 48 | 96 | 49 | 94 | 144 | 83 |
| Over 5 years, under 6 years | 100 | 87 | 160 | 88 | 186 | 91 |
| „ 6 „ „ 7 „ | 80 | 85 | 144 | 90 | 116 | 92 |
| „ 7 „ „ 8 „ | 90 | 86 | 167 | 85 | 129 | 84 |
| „ 8 „ „ 9 „ | 88 | 83 | 171 | 83 | 109 | 87 |
| Over 9 | 228 | 65 | 524 | 66 | 333 | 83 |
| Totals | 634 | 76 | 1215 | 78 | 1017 | 86 |
The influence of Head Teachers, and of the occurrence of
cases of diphtheria in a school are factors in immunisation figures.
The following Table shows these figures up to the end of the
year, for the schools in the Borough:—