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Diphtheria Prevention Clinics.—The following shows the work carried
out at Valentines Mansion (102 sessions) and Mayesbrook (52 sessions) Clinics
for children of school age during 1947:-
Valentines Mayesbrook
Primary Schick tested 59 31
Positive 44 3
Negative 15 28
Inoculated (full course) 128 96
Schick+ 1946 1 -
Schick+ 1947 57 10
Not tested 70 86
Negative after full course of inoculation 57 42
Positive after full course of inoculation and
re-inoculated - -
Awaiting re-test - 9
Not re-tested after inoculation on
account of leaving district, etc. - 3
Re-inoculations (one only) 622 336
Result of final Schick test in 1947 of cases inoculated in 1946.
Valentines Mayesbrook
Positive and re-inoculated 5 2
Negative 3 2
1,151 individual children were treated (742 at Valentines Mansions and 409
at Mayesbrook) making 3,630 attendances (2,100 and 1,530 respectively).
Since June 1932, children under 8 years of age have not been Schick tested
prior to immunisation, unless there was some particular reason to suppose
that the child might give a combined reaction to the Schick test.
Since the first introduction of immunisation against Diphtheria in Ilford
in 1929, 12,767 children of school age, ahd 23,640 children under school age
have been immunised.
During 1946 a scheme for systematic re-inoculation was introduced. By
giving single doses of immunising material at the ages of approximately 5 and
10 years the immunity conferred by inoculation in infancy is perpetuated.
Ringworm:-
No. of No. of No. of
cases at cases Remedied cases under
beginning reported Total. during observation
of 1947. during 1947. at end of
1947. 1947.
Ringworm:-
Scalp - 4 4 4
Body -6 6 6
10 10 10
The 4 cases of ringworm of the scalp received X-Ray treatment at the
Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children (Glamis Road Branch), London, E.l,
under the existing arrangements.
Following Up.—During 1947, 2,067 home visits by the School Nurses
were paid for the purpose, and 2,440 re-examinations of children (some on
several occasions) were carried out by the doctors at school ; 55 visits to schools
were made for this purpose alone, and other children were seen at the visits
for routine medical inspection.
Medical Treatment.
(a) Minor Ailments Clinics.—The attendances during 1947 were as
follows :—
Newbury Hall Mayesbrook
Number of individual children seen 1,486 1,482
Number of attendances of children 3,097 2,873
Number of exclusion certificates granted 375 491
Number of certificates of fitness to attend
school granted 348 347