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Walthamstow 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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national, which were placed before the public at the same time
as our own ; but in spite of this, the proportion of our income
received from voluntary sources has this year exceeded that
derived from the County Council's grants and we hope to be
able to maintain this position in the future.
"During the summer, we were again able to send representatives
to the study day organised by the NAPT and found
this a useful means of contact with others engaged in similar
work elsewhere.
"Throughout the year our work has been integrated with
that of the Chest Clinic staff and there has been close liaison
with those other bodies, both statutory and voluntary, which
have an interest in the families with whom we are concerned.
The help received from them is gratefully acknowledged.
"In work of the kind we undertake, numbers of cases and amounts of money spent are little indication of its scope nor of what we regard as its value, but the following figures may, nevertheless, be of interest."
| Type of help given. | No. of cases | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| £ | ||
| Milk | 4 | 33 |
| Grocery | 37 | 675 |
| Fuel | 47 | 80 |
| Fares | 13 | 87 |
| Clothing, furniture, bedding | 39 | 111 |
| Holidays | 4 | 37 |
| Occupational therapy | 5 | 4 |
| Miscellaneous grants | 109 | 179 |
B.C.G. Vaccination of Schoolchildren
Vaccination of schoolchildren in the year preceding their four'
teenth birthday continued. The scheme was fully described in the
report of the School Medical Officer for 1954. During 1956 acceptances
were received from 1,268 children out of 1,591 who were
eligible, i.e., 79.7%.
Details are as follows:—
Heaf positive 176
Heaf negative 1,064
Absent from test 28
Vaccinated: 1,053; absent or not done, 11.
Contact Examinations.
First examinations of contacts in 1956 were 147 examinations
to 77 total notifications. In 1955 there were 256 examinations to 73