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Leyton 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Percentage of School Children Immunised.

EntrantsSecond Age GroupThird Age Group
No. Exmd.No. Immunised%No. Exmd.No. Immunised%No. Exmd.No. Immunised%
19441,28292271.964751379.075947061.9
194509348770.296577980.774356175.5
19461,24091974.11,19188974.691363469.4

Incidence of Diphtheria Among Protected Persons.
During 1946 seventeen Leyton children, who had been immunised
previously, were notified to be suffering from diphtheria.

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.
2F30.4.4514.1.46N — T —Non-specific tonsillitis
8M22.6.4328.1.46
5M30.12.4215.3.46Tonsillitis
7M25.2.4319.3.46N — T —Ulcerated Tonsillitis
7F?12.4.46Tonsillitis
3M?16.4.46Not diphtheria
6M19.11.418.5.46N — T —Common cold
2M11.9.4519.5.4-6T —S1. septic tonsillitis
3M11.9.4420.6.46T —Mildfaucialdiphtheria
7M19.6.418.7.46N — T —Tonsillitis
8F4.11.4214.8.46N — T —,,
8M6.6.4416.8.46T
4F26.10.4326.8.46N — T —,,
14M?10.10.46
12M?21.11.46Non-specific tonsillitis
11M8.8.3913.12.46T +Mild diphtheria
2M20.11.4516.12.46T —Acute pharyngitis

TUBERCULOSIS.

Notifications.—One hundred and eight patients were notified for the first time in 1946 as suffering from tuberculosis. The number was made up as follows:—

Males.Females.Total.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis613091
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis61117
6741108