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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Ham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Number inoculated in the various age groups:—
| Ages in years | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 and over |
| No. inoculated | 55 | 105 | 78 | 60 | 63 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| 361 | 75 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| 400 | ||||||||||||||
3. Infectious Diseases Hospital.
Total number of inoculations 460
Number inoculated three times 146
Number inoculated twice 8
Number inoculated once 6
Number inoculated in the various age groups:—
| Ages in years | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 and over |
| No. inoculated | 2 | 27 | 20 | 22 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 104 | 34 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| 100 | ||||||||||||||
4. Private Practitioners.
In addition to the above2 during the same period, twenty-four children were 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 and over |
| No. inoculated | - | — | 3 | 4 | 7 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | ||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | ||||||||||||||
N.B.—In considering the combined totals (1-4) it will be
noticed that 55 per cent. of the cases are in the age group 1-5
years, 32.5 per cent. in the age group 6-10 years, and 12.3 per
cent. in the group over 10 years.
The Schick test for susceptibility to Diphtheria was performed
during the year in 541 of the completed cases of which 533 proved
negative. In eight of the cases positive results were obtained and
further inoculations were carried out.