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Diphtheria Anti-toxin.
For the convenience of medical practitioners, anti-toxin serum
is kept in the Public Health Department, and supplied at cost price,
or, in necessitous cases, free.
During the year 69 phials of 8,000 units each (for treatment)
and 11 prophylactic doses of 500 units each, were issued.
Vaccination.
The following is an abstract of the Return submitted to the
Registrar General by the Vaccination Officer, respecting the vaccination
of children whose births were registered from 1st January to
31st December, 1933:—
Number of Births registered from 1st January to 31st December,
1933 2,089
Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1935, in the
Vaccination Register :—
Successfully Vaccinated 1,251
Insusceptible to Vaccination 8
Number in respect of whom Statutory Declarations of
Conscientious Objection have been received 1,095
Died unvaccinated 89
Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1935, remained
unentered in Vaccination Register on account of
Postponement by Medical Certificate 33
Removal to districts, the Vaccination Officers of which have
been duly appraised 57
Removal to places unknown 91
Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1935, neither
duly entered in Vaccination Register not temporarily accounted
for 05
Total number of Certificates and copies of Certificates of successful
Primary Vaccination of Children under 14 received during the
calendar year, 1934 1,421
Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection
actually received by the Vaccination Officer, irrespective of
the dates of birth of the children to which they relate, during
the calendar year, 1934 1,085
Vaccination by Medical Officer of Health.
No vaccination was performed by this officer under the Public
Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.