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age of one year and for 55 children aged between one and two years.
I regret to state that only 6% of the babies under the age of one year were
vaccinated.
Poliomyelitis Vaccination
Early in 1960 the Ministry of Health extended the Poliomyelitis Vaccination
Scheme to include all persons under 40 years of age.
The total vaccinations carried out by family doctors and at clinics during th
year was as follows:-
Age Groups
Born 1943 - 1960 (1 to 17 years of age) 1,332
Born 1933 - 1942 (18 to 26 years of age) 480
Born before 1933 not yet 40 years (27 to under
40 years of age) 1,323
Other (over 40 years in Priority Groups) ... 137
Total 3,272
Boosters (A11 Groups) 8,941
Diphtheria and Whooping Cough Immunisation
The number of children receiving primary courses of immunisation during the
year was as follows:-
DIPHTHERIA
Family Doctors
Clinics
Total
Separate
108
711
819
Combined with
whooping cough
350
–
350
Total Diphtheria
458
711
1,169
WHOOPING COUGH
Family Doctors
Clinics
Total
Separate
76
526
602
Combined with diphtheria
350
–
350
Total Whooping Cough
426
526
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