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Immunisation Against Diphtheria.
Immunisation in relation to Child Population.
Age at 31.12.47
Number of children who had completed a full course
of immunisation at any time up to 31.12.47
Under
1
1
2
3
4
5-9
10-14
Total
under
15
No. Immunised
Estimated Midyear
Population,
1947
98
1,030
1,114
1,191
1,012
5,482
4,772
14,699
7,480
12,540
Diphtheria Notifications and Deaths in relation to Immunisation.
Age at date of
Notification
No. of
Cases
No. of cases included in previous
column in which the child had
completed a full course of
immunisation
Deaths
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
3
—
—
—
4
—
—
—
5—9
2
2
—
10—14
1
1
—
Totals
3
3
—
Children Immunised during 1947.
Number under 5 years of age 1,247
Number between 5 years and under 15 years (school
children) 42
Total 1,289
Number of children given secondary injection (Booster
doses), 347
On the Registrar-General estimate of child population of
20,020 the percentage of children under 15 years immunised
against Diphtheria is 73.84.
Enteric Fever.
One case of paratyphoid fever was notified during the
year and this was isolated in an L.C.C. Isolation Hospital.
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