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Leyton 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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RETURN FOR THE YEAR 1945.

Age 0-5 years.Age 5-15 years.Total.
1. Number of Children who completed the course of immunisation during the year1,242891,331
2. (a) Approximate estimated child population at end of year6,86010,940
(6) Percentage of child population considered to be immunised at end of year48.1673.70

Incidence of Diphtheria Among Protected Persons.

The following table gives in summary form the information regarding these cases.

Age.Sex.Date of Immunisation.Date of Notification.Swab Results T=Throat. N=Nose. E =Ear.Diagnosis.
14F406.4.45TNot diphtheria.
9F21.10.3718.7.45Scarlet fever.
3F15.9.4325.8.45Tonsillitis.
12F24.6.435.10.45TVincents Angina.
11M16.5.452.11.45Not diphtheria.
5M13.1.4212.11.45T,, ,,
13M18.7.354.12.45,, ,,
4M21.12.4212.12.45T NVincents Angina.
7F24.6.433.6.45-Diphtheria.

TUBERCULOSIS.

Notifications.— One hundred and twenty-two patients were notified for the first time in 1945 as suffering from tuberculosis. The number was made up as follows :—

Males.Females.Total.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis7140111
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis6511
7745122