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Three injections of .5 c.c. each are given weekly for
three weeks, and a fourth injection of 1 c.c. at the end of
the fourth week.
VACCINATION.
1811 births were notified to the Vaccination Officers
during 1944. 981 children were vaccinated successfully,
and 329 'were exempted under declaration of conscientious
objection. The percentage of children vaccinated to total
births was 54.1 per cent.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of new cases which came to the notice of the
Department during the year was 588 compared with 654 in 1944
and 632 in 1943. 513 were pulmonary and 75 non-pulmonary
tuberculosis. 179 deaths were certified as due to diseases of
a tuberculous nature, the death-rate being .67. There were
22 fewer deaths from this disease than in 1944, when 201 deaths
were recorded. In 1943 the number was 193.
588 new cases were added to the Notification Register, and
511 who had removed, recovered or died were taken off, the
number remaining on the Register at the end of the year
being 2,677.
During the year 1,562 new cases attended. Of these
339 were diagnosed as suffering from tuberculosis, 291 were
suspected cases, and 932 were non-tuberculous.
Of the 1,562 new cases examined, 306 were contacts, six of
whom were found to be suffering from tuberculosis.
The number of cases remaining on the Dispensary Register
at, the end of 1945 was 2,106 compared with 1,947 in 1944.
The total attendances at the Dispensaries was 5,622.
540 patients received institutional treatment. 4,733 attendances
were made for light and other special treatment, and
1,500 X-ray examinations were made. The cost to the Council
was £6 10s. Od- and £562. 10s. Od, respectively.
The number of personal consultations with doctors was
1,242. Home visits made by the Tuberculosis Officers totalled
2,008 and the Health Visitors made 4,121 visits.