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The Clinics for Diphtheria Immunisation are as follows.
1. At the Public Hall, No. 1. Hill Road, Sutton.
Every Friday, at 2 p.m.
2. At the Clinic, Priory Crescent, Cheam.
Every Thursday, at 2 p.m.
(For children under five years of age)
3. At the Clinic, St. Oswald's Hall, Brocks Drive, N. Cheam.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday in each month, at 2 p.m.
(For children under five years of age)
4. At the Clinic, Parochial Rooms, The Broadway, Maiden Road, Cheam.
Every Wednesday, at 2 p.m.
(For children under five years of age)
5. At the Clinic, Jubilee Institute, Maiden Green Worcester Park.
Every 1st Monday in each month, at 2 p.m.
(For children under five years of age)
MEASLES:- In contrast to the epidemic involving six hundred
and fifty seven cases in 1943, only twenty seven cases were
notified during 1944. There was no death. Measles recurs
in epidemic form approximately every two years. Careful
nursing and careful convalescence are required in every case
to avoid complication by pneumonia.
WHOOPING COUGH:-There were eighty nine notified cases
of Whooping Cough, a reduction of two cases on the previous
year. Forty two of the cases occurred during the first quarter
of the year. The case rate was l.3l per 1000 of population
compared with 2.49 per 1000 of population for England and Wales.
There was one death of a male child, aged 3 months. Whooping
Cough is a disease of young children. Nine tenths of the
deaths occur in children under 5 years of age.
IMMUNISATION AGAINST WHOOPING COUGH:-At the end of the
year a scheme for immunisation against Whooping Cough was
under consideration, and at the time of writing this report,
a scheme applicable only to children between the ages of 1 year
and 5 years of poorer persons, to weakly children and to children
from overcrowded homes is in operation. The vaccine is
injected in four small doses of 0.4 c.c. each containing
8000 million B. Pertussis. The first three injections are
given at weekly intervals, and the fourth one month later.
Reactions are few and slight. Children under one year do not
respond effectively to immunisation and the greatest care should
be taken by parents to protect young babies from infection by
Whooping Cough.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA:- Seven cases were notified during the
year compared with eleven cases in the previous year. The
case rate was 5.87 per 1000 total births compared with 10.34 per
1000 total births for England and Wales.
The early notification of Puerperal Pyrexia is of primary
importance in the prevention of maternal mortality. Medical
practitioners should make the fullest use of the consultant,
bacteriological, and hospital services provided by the authority
and secure the immediate and effective isolation of any
suspected case occurring in a maternity home.
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