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(8) Immunisation.
No. of children who completed a full
course of primary immunisation at
ad hoc clinics:—
Under 5 years of age 1,014
5-14 years of age 468
No. of children who were given a secondary
or re-inforcing injection 1,242
(9) Vaccination.
No. of children successfully vaccinated 323
No. found to be insusceptible to vaccination
Nil.
(10) Domestic Help Service.
The service covering the Boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and
Stepney has been divided into three districts, irrespective of Borough
boundaries and the statistics for each separate Borough are not
available.
The following figures refer to the "Eastern" District which
comprises the Borough of Poplar plus areas of Bethnal Green and
Stepney east of the canal.
No. of cases in which help was provided:—
Maternity 34
Tuberculosis 12
Other 441
(c) Supply of Nutrients and Appliances.
During the year dried milk and other nutrients have been issued
from the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres. Small appliances
such as bandages, belts, teats, etc., for which a charge has been
made, have also been available.
In addition the Ministry of Food has been responsible for National
Dried Milk, National Milk Cocoa and Concentrated Orange Juice,
in accordance with their recognised scale of charges.
4. Notification of Births.
Arrangements under which the London County Council has
furnished to the Borough Council a weekly return of births (including
stillbirths) which have been notified to them as the Local Health
Authority under the National Health Service Act, 1946, continued
during the year.
1,243 live births (614 male and 629 female) and 31 stillbirths (18
male and 13 female) were notified during the year. These figures
represent corrected totals after adjustment for inward and outward
transfers.
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