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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
West Ham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Numbers sent by other institutions:— | |||
| Faucial | 33 | 8 | 24.0 |
| Nasal | 13 | 5 | 37.0 |
| Total | 46 | 13 | 28.0 |
| Number of gate cases swabbed:— | |||
| Faucial | 69 | 20 | 27.0 |
| Nasal | 34 | 6 | 16.0 |
| Aural | 2 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Total | 105 | 28 | 24.0 |
| Number of swabs examined for the Invalid Children's Aid Association:— | |||
| Faucial | 142 | 14 | 9.0 |
| Nasal | 132 | 30 | 22.0 |
| Total | 274 | 44 | 16.0 |
| Number of swabs examined for the Invalid and Crippled Children's Society:— | |||
| Faucial | 45 | 4 | 9.0 |
| Nasal | 40 | 4 | 10.0 |
| Total | 85 | 8 | 9.0 |
| Total number of examinations | 2200 | 233 | 10.0 |
Staff Illness.
During the year, two nurses and one ward maid contracted
scarlet fever. All made a satisfactory recovery. One of the
nurses had given a negative Dick reaction some months previously;
the other was "Dick positive," and had not completed
her course of prophylactic injections. One nurse contracted
mumps, one contracted measles and one contracted rubella. One
nurse was operated on for appendicitis and one sustained a
Collis's fracture.
Twenty-three nurses and maids were warded with tonsillitis
and 12 with influenza; 41 others were off duty for short periods
with minor ailments. All recovered.
Schick Test, 1934.
| Number of nurses tested | 58 |
| Number which proved positive | 28 |
| Rate per cent. of positives | 48 |
| Number immunised | 24 |