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Hornchurch 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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Combined Diphtheria/Pertussis Immunisation:
Completed primary immunisations 881
Boost injections 392
Poliomyelitis Vaccination:
Completed 2 primary injections 7,862
Boost injections 7,916
Fourth injections 7,842
Smallpox Vaccination:
Primary vaccinations 2, 061
Re-vaccinations 293
B. C. G. Vaccinations (School Children of 13 years)
Number vaccinated 1,085
Infective Hepatitis:
It will be noted that 1961 provided a large increase in cases of this
illness.
It is on record that a school outbreak in Cranham in 1954 (and fully
reported in the report for that year) involved some 88 cases and a
cursory analysis of the incidence in the two succeeding years was made.
A comparison is made below for the years from 1955 to 1961, together with some additional information for the last year:-
| Age Groupings | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-4 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| 5 - 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | 5 | 21 | 14 |
| 11 - 20 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 |
| 21 - 30 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 31 - 40 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 41 - 50 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 51 - 60 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| Over 60 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
Particular analysis was made of the cases arising in 1961 in
Suttons Hostel which consists of hutted accommodation divided into
rooms but with communal toilet, cooking and washing facilities for each
hut and used as temporary housing accommodation under the control of
the Essex County Council.
The first case arose on 3rd September 1961, and the last on 16th
November 1961, comprising in all 19 cases. Individual huts were
affected as follows:-
Hut 1 4
" 2 2
" 3 4
" 4 6
" 5 2
" 8 1
19
Cases occurred in chronological order among the Huts in the following
order, 3, 3, 1, 3, 3, 5, 5, 4, 1, 3, 4, 4, 8, 4, 2, 5, 1, 2, 4.