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The total number of children immunised during the year
was:—
At the Borough Council's Clinics 3,977
At L.C.C. Clinics 1,475
Total 5,452
PREVENTION OF WHOOPING COUGH.
Immunisation of children against whooping cough is now
carried out at the Diphtheria Immunisation Clinics, when parents
wish to have it done.
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.
2,314 births were notified to the Vaccinaton Officers during 1945.
1,319 children were vaccinated successfully, and 494 were exempted
under declaration of conscientious objection. Of the total number
of births the percentage of children vaccinated was 57.00.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of new cases which came to the notice of the
Department during the year was 636, compared with 588 in 1945
and 654 in 1944. 563 were pulmonary and 73 non-pulmonary
tuberculosis. 199 deaths were certified as due to diseases of a
tuberculous nature, the death-rate being .63. There were 20 more
deaths from this disease than in 1945, when 179 deaths were
recorded. In 1944 the number was 201.
636 new cases were added to the Notification Register, and
491 who had removed, recovered or died were taken off, the number
remaining on the Register at the end of the year being 2,822.
During the year 1,702 new cases attended. Of these 410 were
diagnosed as suffering from tuberculosis, 312 were suspected cases,
and 980 were non-tuberculous.
Of the 1,702 new cases examined, 454 were contacts, 19 of
whom were found to be suffering from tuberculosis.
The number of cases remaining on the Dispensary Register
at the end of 1946 was 2,127, compared with 2,106 in 1945. The
total attendances at the Dispensaries was 6,931.
515 patients received institutional treatment. 4,734 attendances
were made for special treatment, and 1,818 X-ray examinations were
made. The cost to the Council was £681 4s.