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Ealing 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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The protection against paralytic polio myelitis is rot claimed to be complete but it is considered that protected children are 4 to 5 times less likely to suffer in this way than unprotected children. Unfortunately supplies allocated to us by the Ministry of Health are very limited and the position in Ealing by the end of the year is summarised below.
| Age Group (year of birth) | No of Children Registered in March 1956 as accenting offer of vaccination | % of acceptances amongst those eligible | No. of children Vaccinated by 31st Dec. 1956. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 1 411 | 40 | 87 |
| 1948 | 1 233 | 43 | 91 |
| 1949 | 1,150 | 43 | 71 |
| 1950 | 1,028 | 41 | 68 |
| 1951 | 645 | 27 | 134 |
| 1952 | 449 | 19 | 96 |
| 1953 | 429 | 18 | 95 |
| 1954 | 285 | 12 | 45 |
| 6; 631 | 31 | 687 |
There have been no ill effects amongst Ealing children
attributable to the vaccination. One protected child
who later became a poliomyelitis suspect was subsequently
found to be suffering not from poliomyelitis but an infection
with a virus related to ECHO virus type 9 as described
above.
It is hoped that during 1957 we shall be in a position
to offer vaccination to many more children whose parents
wish to avail themselves of this latest advance in preventive
medicine,
PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
There were 71 casess 4 of which occurred in home confinements
and the remainder in hospital confinements.
SCARLET FEVER.
There was a slight increase in the number of notifications,
156 against 118 in 1955. They were again of a
very mild character.
TUBERCULOSIS.
As the following table shows the number of Pulmonary
cases notified was 73 males and 61 females, compared with