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Walthamstow 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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IMMUNISATION
(a) Diphtheria -
Primary immunisations (children of school age) 252
Booster doses ( do. ) 941
(b) Whooping Cough
No. of school children immunised 38
(c) Tetanus
No. of school children immunised 946
(d) B.C.G. -
No. invited 616
No. accepted 397
Acceptance rate 64.4
Number of Heaf positive 57
Percentage positive 15.7
Number of Heaf negative 306
Number absent 34
B. C. G. given 306
Conversion tests - positive 43
negative 1
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Notifications 5-14 years
1963 1962
Measles 1 28
Whooping Cough 13 8
Scarlet Fever 20 49
Pneumonia - 2
Dysentery 19
Tuberculosis 1 4
Food Poisoning 3 2
Poliomyelitis
Diphtheria
Meningitis 1
SCHOOL MEALS SERVICE
Inspections by Public Health Inspectors Schools 25
Kitchens 43
No. of milk samples taken (all satisfactory) 9