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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
Hayes and Harlington 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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Diphtheria Immunisation
Number of sessions 172
Number of attendances 1,357
Number of prophylactics given 920
Number of post-Schicks 184
Number of re-tests 26
Percentage of failure to immunise 4.2%
Percentage successfully immunised 95.8%
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year, 1944
| Diseases | Total Cases Notified | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 161 | 127 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 6 | 6 | - |
| Pneumonia | 29 | 27 | 28 (all forms) |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 3 | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 4 | 4 | — |
| Measles | 201 | 3 | 1 |
| Whooping cough | 199 | 3 | 2 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65and over | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65 | |||
| Scarlet fever | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 97 | 21 | 8 | 9 | - | 1 | - |
| Diphtheria | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 6 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 115 | 21 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | 18 | 25 | 30 | 20 | 24 | 66 | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |