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(4) Health Visitors combed their districts for children
who did not attend Welfares, and urged their
protection.
(5) Head Teachers gave forms of consent to new school
entrants.
(6) Prior to school medical inspections, questionnaires
were sent to each parent asking, inter alia, whether
the child had been inoculated. If the answer were
in the negative a form of consent was sent to the
parent.
All immunised cases are followed up and, at the end of
'hree years, each child is offered a boost dose. At the age
°f 11 years or over, this is preceded by a Schick test.
All children under 5 who have not had the disease, are
lnoculated against Whooping Cough at the same time as they
are inoculated against Diphtheria, i.e., they have three doses
protective material at monthly intervals.
60.3% of the population under 5 years of age is now
Protected, and 75.8% of the population aged 5 to 14.
k'Phtheria Immunisations, 1948.
Total number of under 5's inoculated 983
Total number of over 5's inoculated 155
Re-inoculations after 3 years 1447
Schick tests after 3 years—negative 269
positive 61
Primary Schick test —negative 42
positive 41