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During 1963 2,206 infants under the age of one year were immunized against
diphtheria. This represents an approximate acceptance rate of 75% which is satisfactory.
Vaccination against smallpox was carried out on 1,580 infants under the age of
one year, being approximately 51 % of the total number.
This is a sharp fall compared with 1962 and is accounted for by the fact that many
general practitioners have postponed vaccination from the first until the second year
of life. It is to be expected therefore that the drop in the numbers of vaccination will
occur during this one year only. Vaccination policy at local clinics remains unchanged
as shown in the schedule above.
With regard to immunization against poliomyelitis, which is now almost always by
means of oral vaccine, the position has remained satisfactory. 3,598 adults and children
received the primary course during 1963 and by the end of the year 67,791 persons in
Ealing had completed a course of immunization since the present scheme began.
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