[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick] page 32

Brentford and Chiswick 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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Diphtheria
No cases of diphtheria occurred during the year. The last confirmed case
of diphtheria in the Borough was in 1948.

Table: Information concerning immunisation against diphtheria in the Borough during 1054 has been supplied by the County ,Medical Officer and is as follows. -

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Information concerning immunisation against diphtheria in the Borough during 1054 has been supplied by the County ,Medical Officer and is as follows. -

Number of children who	Age							Total
Number of children who	Under 1	1	2	3	4	5 - 9	10 -14	Total
completed a full course of primary immunisation	356	152	22	13	19	19	2	583
received reinforc-ing injections	-	-	-	1	200	145	4	350

Table: Number of children at 31.12 54 who had completed a course of diphtheria immunisation at any time before that date (i.e. at any time since 1. 1. 40)

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Number of children at 31.12 54 who had completed a course of diphtheria immunisation at any time before that date (i.e. at any time since 1. 1. 40)

Age at 31. 12.54 i,e born in year	Un-der 1	1	2	3	4	5 - 9	1014	Total under 15
Age at 31. 12.54 i,e born in year	1954	1953	1952	1951	1950	1945-9	1940-4	Total under 15
Last complete course of injections(whether primary or booster) A. 1950 - 54	99	462	529	525	624	2,354	288	4,881
B. 1949 or earlier	-	-	-	-	-	1,125	2,362	3,487

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The figures for immunisation against diphtheria are. like the vaccination
figures, less satisfactory than in 1953. There has been a decrease in the number
of primary immunisations the total for 1954 being 583, as compared with 671
in 1953 The immunisation state of all children under 15 years of age remains
roughly the same, and there is a slight rise in the proportion of children of
school age, who have at some time in their lives received a full course of
immunisation against diphtheria, and who have therefore reasonable protection
against one of the hazards of school life, especially if the primary immunisation
has been reinforced with a booster dose given just before school entry
Approximately 79% of the school children are so protected.
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Table: Information concerning immunisation against diphtheria in the Borough during 1054 has been supplied by the County ,Medical Officer and is as follows. -

Table: Number of children at 31.12 54 who had completed a course of diphtheria immunisation at any time before that date (i.e. at any time since 1. 1. 40)

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