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Hammersmith 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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32
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
The big drive to immunise all children in the Borough,
which was commenced in November, 1940, was continued
throughout 1941, and it is gratifying to report that there
has been a very large increase in the number of children
immunised, especially at the Council's Welfare Centres.
Fourteen L.C.C. Elementary Schools in the Borough
have now been approached with a view to obtaining the
parents' consents to the immunisation of their children.
The following are the particulars of the work carried out under the immunisation scheme during the year:—
| Number of children immunised at the Council's Welfare Centres | 1,741 | ||
| Number of children immunised privately or in hospitals, &c. | 210 | ||
| Number of children who attended for first inoculation at the Council's Welfare Centres | 245 | ||
| Number of children who received first inoculation privately | 12 | ||
| Number of attendances at Welfare Centres | 4,412 | ||
| Number of Pre-Schick Tests—positive result | 15 | ||
| Number of Pre-Schick Tests—negative result | 16 | ||
| Number of Post-Schick Tests—positive result | 40 | ||
| Number of Post-Schick Tests—negative result | 614 | ||
| £51 | 2s. | 6d. | |