[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 50

Walthamstow 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: The following- table gives a comparison of the attack rates of Diphtheria on the immunised and the non-immunised sections oi the population under 15 years of age.

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The following- table gives a comparison of the attack rates of Diphtheria on the immunised and the non-immunised sections oi the population under 15 years of age.

Year.	Immunised.				Not Immunised.
Year.	Population immunised under 15 years of age.	No. of cases of Diphtheria under 15 years of age.	Attack rate per 1,000 population under 15 years immunised.	Deaths under 15 years.	Estimated population not immunised under 15 years of age.	No. of cases of Diphtheria under 15 years of age.	Attack rate per 1,000 population under 15 years.	Deaths under 15 years.
1926					34,813	232	6.6	5
1927					33,899	229	6.7	11
1928					32,864	231	7.02	8
1929					31,888	273	8.5	16*
1930					30,100	439	14.5	22
1931					30,790 (census)	275	8.9	9
1932	36	—	—	—	30,754	321	10.4	5
1933	157	—	—	—	30,633	282	9.2	7
1934	320	—	—	—	30,470	235	7.7	8
1935	996	1	1.0	—	29,794	148	4.9	4
1936	2,182	1	0.45	—	28,608	88	3.07	2
1937	3,592	3	0.83	—	27,198	92	3.3	5
1938	5,024	—	0.0	—	25,766	52	2.0	2
* All Ages.