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Acton 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Owing to the fact that estimates of child population are no
longer supplied by the Registrar General, it is not possible to give
the proportion of children immunised against Diphtheria, but the
actual number at 31st December, is as follows:
Children under 5 years of age 2,793
Children 5 to 15 years of age 8,606
The figures of work carried out during 1954 are given below:
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION, 1954
Total number of under 5s inoculated 759
Total number of over 5s inoculated 48
Boost dose after 3 years 1,419
Schick Test after 3 years—Negative — — 375
Positive- — 29
Primary Schick Test —Negative — — 7
Positive - — 4