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DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION
Regular sessions for this purpose are held at the Welfare Centres
and the parents of children attending the Day Nurseries arc also
encouraged to allow their children to be immunised.
1.—Immunisation during 1948:—
Number of children who had completed a full course of immunisation at any time up to
31st December, 1948.
Age at 31/12/48 Under 1 1 2 3 4 5—9 10—14 Total
i.e. born in year 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1939-1943 1934-1938 under 15
Number immunised 50 1,628 1,603 1,110 1,238 4,014 4,095 13,738
Estimated mid-year Children under five Children 5—14
child population 8,286 9,627
1948
2.—Diphtheria Notifications and Deaths in relation to Immunisation:
Age at date No. oj cases Number of cases included in
of notified preceding column in which the nc.Tm
Notification child had completed a full
course of immunisation
Under 1 o o
10 o
2 0 o
30 o NIL
40 o
5-9 o o
10-14 2 o
TOTALS ... 2 o
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
Domiciliary Institutional
confinements confinements
Cases notified 1 2
Cases removed to hospital — —
Cases in which vision was unimpaired 3
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