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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

Dagenham 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Table: IMMUNISATION BY GENERAL PRACTITIONERS,Number of SCHOOL children immunised

IMMUNISATION BY GENERAL PRACTITIONERS,

Number of SCHOOL children immunised

without preliminary testing7
Number of PRE-SCHOOL children immunised without preliminary testing11

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Total number of children found to be immune during
the year—378.

Table: The following table shows details of children who attended for immunisation and were subsequently notified assuffering from Diphtheria, together with observations as to type and the ultimate result: —

The following table shows details of children who attended for immunisation and were subsequently notified assuffering from Diphtheria, together with observations as to type and the ultimate result: —

AgeParticulars of treatmentNotified as DiphtheriaConfirmedSeverityResult
112 doses A.P.T. 10th Dec. 41 16th Jan. 427.4.42YesModerateRecovered
5Immunised at York. Cannot trace.7.12.42YesModerateRecovered
8Ditto7.12.42Temporary CarrierRecovered

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Scarlet Fever.
377 cases were notified, and of these 181 were admitted
to hospital. The disease still shows a very low
level of virulence, complications are rare and no deaths
occurred.
The tendency to treat Scarlet Fever at home is becoming
widespread, and there is evidence to support the
contention that domiciliary treatment of this disease contributes
to the lowering of the virulence, the explanation
being that a large section of the population receives "subclinical"
infections which stimulate the production of
anti-bodies.