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B.C.G. Vaccination against Tuberculosis
Contacts of tuberculosis were vaccinated at Chest Clinics in the Borough, and school
children aged thirteen and over and students were vaccinated at school and at establishments
for further education by the Department's medical staff.
After consultations between the Principal Medical Officer, School Health, and one of the
Chest Physicians it was agreed that the method of testing children prior to B.C.G. vaccination,
which had been continued from the days of the Medical Research Council's Field Trials, should
now be changed to that of the multiple puncture technique. This would appear to have certain
advantages over the previous intracutaneous method, not least of which are its simple
efficient and reliable operation coupled with its use by a trained nurse thus saving Medical
Officer's time.
Tuberculin Test and B.C.G. Vaccination
No. of persons vaccinated through the Authority's approved
arrangements under Section 28 of the National Health Service Act.
A. CONTACTS
(i) No. skin tested 217
(ii) No. found positive 51
(iii) No. found negative 166
(iv) No. vaccinated 111
B. SCHOOL CHILDREN AND STUDENTS
(i) No skin tested 3148
(ii) No. found positive 317
(iii) No. found negative 2645
(iv) No. vaccinated 2603
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