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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
Carshalton 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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to reinforce this by further single injections before, or on entry to,
school and thereafter at three-year intervals until the child leaves
the junior school. Under this procedure the majority of children
now receive initial treatment in infancy and two or three reinforcing
injections during school life.
The technique is to give two doses of 0.5 c.c. A.P.T. at one month's interval for primary treatment and 0.2 c.c. A.P.T. or 1 c.c. T.A.F for reinforcing injections according to the age of the child. During 1950, 740 residents were immunised as follows:—
| Age at Year End. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | ||
| At Council Clinics | 24 | 317 | 41 | 11 | 9 | 5 | – | 407 |
| In Carshalton Schools | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 114 | 20 | 144 |
| Private Practitioners | 7 | 159 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 9 | — | 215 |
| 31 | 476 | 66 | 22 | 23 | 128 | 20 | 766 | |
| Less outward transfers | — | 1 | — | — | — | 22 | 4 | 27 |
| Plus inward transfers | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Carshalton Residents | 31 | 475 | 66 | 22 | 23 | 106 | 17 | 740 |
A further 1,567 children received reinforcing injections in the
area. After allowing for transfers in and out of the district the figure
for Carshalton residents so treated was 1,534.
the
| Age at 31.12.50, i.e., Born in Year | Under 1 1950. | 1 1949. | 2 1948. | 3 1947. | 4 1946. | 5 to 9 1941/ 45. | 10 to 14 1936/ 40. | Total under 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number Immunised | 31 | 504 | 757 | 886 | 910 | 4005 | 4609 | 11702 |
| Registrar General's Estimated mid-vear population, 1950 | 4912 | 8733 | 13645 | |||||
| Percentage done | 63% | 98% | 85% | |||||
The following table shows the estimated percentage of children
immunised at each year end since 1935, when the Council's scheme
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