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Prophylaxis—The new system of recording medical inspection findings by years of birth
permits an analysis of the percentage of school pupils, according to age, who have received
prophylaxis, based on the findings at periodic general medical inspections. These figures
may be compared with the separate estimates, prepared for the Ministry of Health, given
on pages 62, 63 and 64.
% % % %
Number of vaccinated immunised immunised vaccinated
Age group pupils against against against against
inspected smallpox diphtheria whooping poliomyelitis
cough
4 or less 7,995 80.4 89.5 85.9 82.9
5 28,647 76.1 86.0 79.7 81.0
6 8,972 69.9 79.5 70.1 72.8
7 9,039 71.1 85.5 72.4 77.8
8 20,783 71.2 89.4 73.3 80.4
9 5,843 68.6 83.3 67.4 74.8
10 2,109 65.6 68.1 50.1 60.9
11 10,416 71.4 87.6 58.6 80.2
12 18,992 67.5 89.4 50.0 77.7
13 6,280 61.3 84.8 43.5 74.3
14 8,152 65.5 84.8 47.6 73.3
15 and over 36,828 72.3 88.5 44.8 77.3
The increases in the percentages vaccinated against smallpox (compared with 1961)
are doubtless a consequence of the outbreak of smallpox at the end of 1961 and the
beginning of 1962.
Medical treatment of schoolchildren