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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 71 phials of 8,000 units each (for treatment)
and 61 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, 1934:—
Number of Births registered from 1st January to 31st December,
1934 2,624
Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1936, in the
Vaccination Register :—
Successfully Vaccinated 1,183
Insusceptible to Vaccination —
Number in respect of whom Statutory Declarations of
Conscientious Objection have been received 1,108
Died unvaccinated 98
Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1936, remained
unentered in Vaccination Register on account of:—
Postponement by Medical Certificate 17
Removal to districts, the Vaccination Officers of which have
been duly appraised 52
Removal to places unknown 112
Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1936, neither
duly entered in Vaccination Register not temporarily accounted
for 54
Total number of Certificates and copies of Certificates of successful
Primary Vaccination of Children under 14 received during the
calendar year, 1935 1,456
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, 1935 1,186
Vaccination by Medical Officer of Health.
No vaccination was performed by this officer under the Public
Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.