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Medical Officer of Health or Principal Medical Officer and the non-medical supervisor
of midwives or the principal nursing officer. As the Borough is served by two hospital
management committees, there are separate maternity liaison committees for each group
catchment area.
VACCINATION AGAINST MEASLES
Vaccination against measles for al1 chi1dren up to the age of 15 years continued'
2,201 children being vaccinated dur ing the year , including 255 by general practitioners.
VACCINATION AGAINST RUBELLA
Notification was received from the Department of Health and Social Security that
vaccination against rubella could be offered to all girls between their 11th and 14th
birthdays, but that initially priority should be given to older girls, i.e. those in
their 14th year (13 years old). The purpose is to ensure that as many girls as
possible are offered protection against rubella by vaccination before reaching childbearing
age because of the known association of certain foetal abnormalities with
rubella infection in pregnancy. By the end of the year 515 girls aged 13 years had
been vaccinated - 50 by general practitioners and 465 at Council Clinic Centres.
OBSERVATION REGISTER
At the end of the year, the Observation Register totalled 6,010 persons,
comprising:-
Children under 5 "at risk" 2,902
-do- handicapped 304
Young persons aged 5-21 years handicapped 2,594
Children non-resident but attending
schools in the Borough 210
The Principal Medical Officer keeps the register under constant review. Further
details relating to the regist;err will be found on page 84.
A booklet produced by the department sets out details of the services available
for the care of handicapped children and young persons provided by the Council, the
Inner London Education Authority and by other statutory and voluntary bodies.
PHENYLKETONURIA
Tests for phenylketonuria are carried out by means of the Guthrie method on all
babies. Co-operation is redily given by the hospitals in the borough having maternity
wards, both in regard to taking the specimens and the pathological examinations.
Arrangements are made with regard to domici1iary births by attending midwives and for
health visitors to deal with other babies found not to have been tested.
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