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Leyton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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The following list shows the particulars regarding the seven deaths certified as due to diphtheria during the year.
| Date of Death. | Sex. | Age. | Cause of Death. | Where death occurred. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27.1.37 | Male | 9 mths. | Laryngeal Diphtheria | Whipps Cross Hospital. |
| 6.2.37 | Male | 5 yrs | Collapse of lung following impaction of diphtheria membrane. | At Home. |
| 19.2.37 | Male | 7 „ | Toxcemia. Diphtheria | Isolation Hospital. |
| 22.3.37 | Male | 5 „ | „ „ | „ „ |
| 23.4.37 | Female | 7 „ | „ „ | „ „ |
| 30.4.37 | Female | 11 „ | Laryngeal Diphtheria, tracheotomy. | „ „ |
| 14.4.37 | Male | 8 „ | Diphtheria | Ottershaw Infecious Disease Hospital, Chertsey. |
ARTIFICIAL IMMUNISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA.
One special weekly session at each of the clinics has been
devoted to diphtheria immunisation, viz.:—
Leyton Green Clinic.—Thursday afternoons.
Park House Clinic.—Friday afternoons.
Inoculations.
The preliminary Schick Test of susceptibility is omitted in
children under ten years of age unless the parents express a definite
wish to have the preliminary test carried out.
The preparation which has been in routine use at the Council's
special clinics has been T.A.F., of which two intramuscular injections
are given, with an interval of four weeks between the
two inoculations.
Immunisation by Private Medical Practiitoners.
In order to encourage the protective inoculation by private
medical practitioners of Leyton children whose parents do not wish
to attend the municipal clinics, the Council decided that facilities
should exist for the supply of diphtheria toxoid-antitoxin, free of
charge, to local medical practitioners on condition that they supply
the Medical Officer of Health with the necessary particulars regarding