Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 year | 1,242 | 89 | 1,331 |
2. (a) Approximate estimated child population at end of year | 6,860 | 10,940 | |
(6) Percentage of child population considered to be immunised at end of year | 48.16 | 73.70 |
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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 | F | 40 | 6.4.45 | T | Not diphtheria. |
9 | F | 21.10.37 | 18.7.45 | — | Scarlet fever. |
3 | F | 15.9.43 | 25.8.45 | — | Tonsillitis. |
12 | F | 24.6.43 | 5.10.45 | T | Vincents Angina. |
11 | M | 16.5.45 | 2.11.45 | — | Not diphtheria. |
5 | M | 13.1.42 | 12.11.45 | T | ,, ,, |
13 | M | 18.7.35 | 4.12.45 | — | ,, ,, |
4 | M | 21.12.42 | 12.12.45 | T N | Vincents Angina. |
7 | F | 24.6.43 | 3.6.45 | - | 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 Tuberculosis | 71 | 40 | 111 |
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 6 | 5 | 11 |
77 | 45 | 122 | |