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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 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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20
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year
Number of SCHOOL children immunised without
preliminary testing 243
Number of PRE-SCHOOL children immunised without
preliminary testing 706
Number of SCHOOL children re-Schick tested 1
(This was negative).
Number of PRE-SCHOOL children re-Schick tested 1
(This was negative.)
Number of SCHOOL children who received a boosting
dose 5
Total number of children found to be immune during
the year 2

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

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

AgeParticulars of Treatment.Notified as Diphtheria.Confirmed.Severity.Results
2¼15.6.43.—0.1 c.c.A.P.T. 20.7.43.—0.3 c.c.A.P.T.8.5.44YesMildRecovered
9Immunised at Deptford privately. Unable to trace.3-7-44YesModerateRecovered

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Deaths.
During the year two children, aged 6 and 9 years, died from
Diphtheria, and in each case they had not received preventive treatment
against this disease.
Scarlet Fever.
The incidence of this disease fell from 376 to 205 with no fatal
cases. This should allay any fears that the somewhat revolutionary
control of scarlet fever, as referred to fully in my report for 1943, might
reverse the trend of this infection.