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East Ham 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The total number of inoculations performed has been 732,
of which 135 were carried out by Private Practitioners and 597
at the Town Hall clinic.
The following figures are intended to indicate the number
inoculated and the age groups involved in the cases treated at the
Town Hall clinic and by General Practitioners
(i) Town Hall clinic.
Total number of inoculations 597
Number inoculated three times 179
Number inoculated twice 26
Number inoculated once 8
Average number of inoculations per session 22
Number inoculated in the various age groups:—
| Ages in years | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | and over |
| No. inoculated | 4 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 35 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | |
| 66 | 106 | 41 | ||||||||||||||
| 213 | ||||||||||||||||
| (ii) Private Practitioners, In addition to the above, 45 children have been inoculated three times by Private Medical Practitioners, and the ages at which inoculation was performed were as follows:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Ages in years | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | and over |
| No. inoculated | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 9 | 25 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| 45 | ||||||||||||||||
N.B.—In considering the combined totals (i and ii) it will be
noticed that 29.1 per cent, of the cases were in the age group
1 to 5 years, 50.8 per cent, in the age group 6 to 10 years, and
20.1 per cent, in the age group over 10 years.
(iii) The Schick test for susceptibility to diphtheria has been
performed in 34 of the completed cases, and has proved negative
in each case.
Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid).
2 cases were notified. 1 case died.