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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
Ilford 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Speech Clinic.—45 children of pre-school age attended, making 395
attendances. The following is the classification of the defects found by
the speech therapist: —
Dyslalia 28 Stammering 4
Dyslalia and Stammer 3 Dysarthria 4
Retarded Speech and Hearing Loss 1
Language 5
Diphtheria Immunisation.—During 1956 a total number of 1,710
children attended at the Diphtheria Prevention Clinics (1,094 at Valentines
Clinic, 457 at Mayesbrook and 159 at Manford Way) making a total
number of attendances of 4,575 (2,934, 1,244 and 397) with an average per
session of 57, 24, and 8 respectively.
The following table shows the figures over the past five years. No. of primary inoculations:—
| 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Clinics | 793 | 594 | 515 | 398 | 338 |
| By General Practitioners | 1,263 | 1,425 | 1,341 | 1.324 | 1,7451 |
| Totals | 2,056 | 2,019 | 1,856 | 1,722 | 2,083 |
| No. of re-inoculations:— | |||||
| At Clinics | 1,198 | 918 | 772 | 437 | 478 |
| By General Practitioners | 1.025 | 918 | 1,112 | 808 | l,579t |
| Totals | 2,223 | 1,836 | 1,884 | 1,245 | 2,057 |
| No. of live births in Ilford | 2,323 | 2,231 | 2,193 | 2,100 | 2,115 |
| *Includes 953 combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough inoculations, †tlncludes 258 combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough inoculations. | |||||
Whooping Cough Immunisation.
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 Clinic | Mayesbrook Clinic | Manford Way Clinic | *General Practitioners | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inoculations (full course) | Reinoculations (one only) | Attendances | Inoculations (full course) | Reinoculations (one only) | Attendances | Inoculations (full course) | Reinoculations (one only) | Attendances | Inoculations (full course) | Reinoculations (one only) | |
| Children under | |||||||||||
| 5 years of age Children | 182 | — | 529 | 149 | — | 435 | 61 | — | 191 | 551 | 33 |
| 5 years of age and over | 5 | _ | 15 | 1 | _ | 8 | _ | _ | _ | 45 | 30 |
| Totals | 187 | 544 | 150 | 438 | 61 | — | 191 | 596 | 63 | ||
*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 953 Re-inoculations 258