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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Percentage of School Children Immunised.
Entrants | Second Age Group | Third Age Group | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. Exmd. | No. Immunised | % | No. Exmd. | No. Immunised | % | No. Exmd. | No. Immunised | % | |
1944 | 1,282 | 922 | 71.9 | 647 | 513 | 79.0 | 759 | 470 | 61.9 |
1945 | 093 | 487 | 70.2 | 965 | 779 | 80.7 | 743 | 561 | 75.5 |
1946 | 1,240 | 919 | 74.1 | 1,191 | 889 | 74.6 | 913 | 634 | 69.4 |
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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | F | 30.4.45 | 14.1.46 | N — T — | Non-specific tonsillitis |
8 | M | 22.6.43 | 28.1.46 | — | |
5 | M | 30.12.42 | 15.3.46 | — | Tonsillitis |
7 | M | 25.2.43 | 19.3.46 | N — T — | Ulcerated Tonsillitis |
7 | F | ? | 12.4.46 | — | Tonsillitis |
3 | M | ? | 16.4.46 | — | Not diphtheria |
6 | M | 19.11.41 | 8.5.46 | N — T — | Common cold |
2 | M | 11.9.45 | 19.5.4-6 | T — | S1. septic tonsillitis |
3 | M | 11.9.44 | 20.6.46 | T — | Mildfaucialdiphtheria |
7 | M | 19.6.41 | 8.7.46 | N — T — | Tonsillitis |
8 | F | 4.11.42 | 14.8.46 | N — T — | ,, |
8 | M | 6.6.44 | 16.8.46 | T | |
4 | F | 26.10.43 | 26.8.46 | N — T — | ,, |
14 | M | ? | 10.10.46 | — | „ |
12 | M | ? | 21.11.46 | — | Non-specific tonsillitis |
11 | M | 8.8.39 | 13.12.46 | T + | Mild diphtheria |
2 | M | 20.11.45 | 16.12.46 | T — | 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 Tuberculosis | 61 | 30 | 91 |
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 6 | 11 | 17 |
67 | 41 | 108 |