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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

Walthamstow 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Number of children Schick tested after immunisation:—
(a) Positive Nil
(b) Negative 36
Number of children not yet Schick tested after immunisation
at end of year 25
Number of children left area before final Schick test 18
Total 79
In addition a private practitioner successfully immunised 8
children.

Table: Vaccination.—The Vaccinal condition of each child examined at Routine Medical Inspection was noted and a summary shows the following:—

Vaccination.—The Vaccinal condition of each child examined at Routine Medical Inspection was noted and a summary shows the following:—

Number Examined.Number found to be Vaccinated.Percentage Vaccinated.
Entrants Boys74122430.2
Girls73622230.1
Intermediate Boys73622130
Girls71721730
Leavers Boys1,20138532
Girls1,17834829.5

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Action under Article 45 (b) (i.e., attendance below 60 per cent.
of number on register)—
Five certificates were granted as follows:—
School. Month. Disease
St. Saviour's Infants' February Measles.
Wood Street Infants' March Measles.
St. Mary's Infants' (2) March Measles
November Whooping
Cough.
Chapel End Infants' July Chicken Pox.
Action under Article 53 (6) (exclusion of individual children)—
At Medical Inspection 10
At School Clinics 1,344
Action under Article 57 (School closure by the Sanitary Authority)—
Nil.
7. FOLLOWING UP.
The School Nurses made 4.198 visits to the homes of children as
set out below:—
Measles 1,380 Mumps 343
Whooping Cough 421 Rheumatism 120
Tonsils and Adenoids 252 Uncleanliness 80
Chicken Pox 11 Impetigo 36