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(b) In L.C.C. Schools under the school medical service.
(c) Through private doctors in accordance with a scheme operated
by the Borough Council whereby prophylactic, i.e., alum
precipitated toxoid, is made available to medical practitioners
who receive payment in accordance with the approved scale
of the British Medical Association.
(d) Re-inforcing doses, which it is advised should be given at 5 years
and 10 years of age, may be obtained through a private
doctor, or at the Borough Council clinics.
The Borough Council assumes responsibility for post-Schick testing
all children, including those immunised in L.C.C. schools and by private
doctors.
During 1947, 904 children were immunised under the arrangements
described above ; of these, 837 were of pre-school age and 67 attended
school. Three adults were immunised. Comparative figures for 1946
and 1945 were 931 (810 of pre-school age ; 121 attending school) and
725 (690 of pre-school age and 35 attending school), respectively.
One hundred and two sessions were held at the Borough Immunising
Clinics with a total of 3,048 attendances.
Although the number of children immunised at the Borough Clinics
showed an increase of 28 over the previous year, the numbers immunised
by the L.C.C. and by private doctors decreased by 55, and the total
number of children immunised during the year shows a corresponding
decrease of 27 compared with 1946.
The estimated percentages of children immunised up to 31st December,
1947, are :—Under 5 years, 57 per cent. ; of school age, 79 per cent. The
total number of children immunised since free immunisation was com¬menced
in the Borough in mid-1933 is 7,978.
For the first time since immunisation was commenced, no case of
diphtheria occurred among children of 0-15 years of age. Three cases
occurred among adults, none of whom had been immunised.