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Barking 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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HEALTH VISITING

The following statistics relate to the work of health visitors:—

HEALTH VISITING19551956
No. of visits to Expectant Mothers1,1111,388
No. of visits to Children under five8,22411,258
No. of other visits3,8374.273
No. of Non-Access visits1,6602,129

home nursing
This service, together with approximately half of the domiciliary
midwifery scrvice, is still administered from the County Training
Home at Leytonstone.
vaccination and immunisation
Small pox Vaccination
The number of primary vaccinations carried out in 1956 was 188
in infants under one year, 45 in those over one year. This means that
about 20% cfinfants are being vaccinated during the first year of life.
Poliomyelitis iccination
During toyear vaccination was offered to children between the
ages of 2 and years and a total of 2,299 acceptances were received.
By the end of the year vaccine sufficient to protect only 252 children
had been recevied.
Diphtheria and hooping Cough Immunisation
The number of children receiving primary courses of immunisation
during the ye; as as follows:—
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DIPHTHERIA

Combined v whooping cough266250516
Total Diphteria347556903