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Ilford 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Speech Clinic.—27 children of pre-school age attended, making 399
attendances. The following is the classification of the defects found by
the speech therapist:—
Dyslalia 16 Stammering 3
Dyslalia and Stammer 1 Cleft Palate 1
Retarded Speech and Dysarthria 2
Language 2 Alalia 1
Aphasia 1
Diphtheria Immunisation.— During 1955 a total number of 1,514
children attended at the Diphtheria Prevention Clinics (932 at Valentines
Clinic, 460 at Mayesbrook and 122 at Manford Way) making a total
number of attendances of 4,706 (2,695, 1,570 and 441) with an average
per session of 53. 30 and 9 respectively.

Table: The following table shows the figures over the past five years. No. of primary inoculations:—

The following table shows the figures over the past five years. No. of primary inoculations:—

19511952195319541955
At Clinics794793594515398
By General Practitioners1,0071,2631,4251,3411,324*
Totals1,8012,0562,0191,8561,722
No. of re-inoculations:—
At Clinics1,4731,198918772437
By General Practitioners5411,0259181,112808t
Totals2,0142,2231,8361,8841,245
No. of live births in Ilford2,3762,3232,2312,1932,100

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* Includes 543 combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough inoculations,
† Includes 127 combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough inoculations.
Whooping Cough Immunisation.

Table: The following are the details of the number of children immunised against whooping cough at the three Ilford clinics held for this purpose together with records of such courses completed by general practitioners.

The following are the details of the number of children immunised against whooping cough at the three Ilford clinics held for this purpose together with records of such courses completed by general practitioners.

Valentines ClinicMayesbrook ClinicManford Way Clinic*General Practitioners
Inoculations (full course)Reinoculations (one only)AttendancesInoculations (full course)Reinoculations (one only)AttendancesInoculations (full course)Reinoculations (one only)AttendancesInoculations (full course)Reinoculations (one only)
Children under 5 years of age130-41780-28334-10845211
Children 5 years of age and over7-111-3---4527
Totals137-42881-28631-10849738

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* For comparison, as it is not the policy of the County Council to
use a combined diphtheria/pertussis vaccine, only plain pertussis injections
carried out by general practitioners are entered in the above table. The
figures for records received of combined diphtheria/pertussis courses of
injections are as follows:—
Inoculations 543 Re-inoculations 127