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Hackney 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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The Council has an arrangement with the Poplar Borough
Council for the immunisation of children from that Borough at a
charge of 10s. for a complete course of treatment and 2s. 6d. for a
case found to be naturally immune. 98 persons referred to the
Clinic from the Poplar Public Health Department received certificates
of immunity during 1938, and 18 persons who failed to
complete treatment were removed from the register.

Table: The following table gives an account of the work carried out under the scheme since 1928:—

The following table gives an account of the work carried out under the scheme since 1928:—

Year.No. of Now Cases.Schick Tested.Commenced treatment without Schick Test.Naturally Immune.Immunised.Discontinued treatment and struck off Register.No. under treat ment at end of year.
Preschool Age.School Age.Adults.Pre-School Age.School Age.Adults
192846099350749553137745123
19294437728214707374168454193
193067514040380521221271682161369
19316471494138771631742862109282
193239810120888191146168363209
19331033217497•20299128270218257567
19341012221474332841664603142108529
1935133715569812472205549505—157450
19361090192509173721153872384124672
1937183533181586811476554711671166
1938148129063755492218456342293667

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A statement by the Medical Officer of the Clinic follows:—
"The year's work at the Diphtheria Immunisation Clinics was
very satisfactory. Although the record of 1,835 new cases in 1937
was not maintained in 1938, the number, 1,481, is very pleasing.
The Richmond Road Clinic, which was opened in October,
1937, has proved very useful. We have had 457 new cases at this
clinic.
The public are kept informed of the value of diphtheria
immunisation by the issue of leaflets to children at school and at
the centres, by film displays at welfare centres, and the "Birthday
Wish" postcard which is sent to children on their first birthday
by the Public Health Department.
The panel of medical practitioners who do the immunisation
at their surgeries has grown, and we have now the co-operation of
36 practitioners. They have immunised 912 cases since the scheme
began.
During the year, 6 children immunised against diphtheria were
reported to be suffering from diphtheria. Each case was thoroughly
investigated and it was found that 3 of them were cases of tonsillitis,