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Immunisation against Diphtheria
The recorded number of persons under 16 years of age who received a primary
course of immunisation was 3,674 and 6,819 received a reinforcing dose.
Of the children born in 1963, 3,266 had received primary immunisation by
the end of 1965, this representing an acceptance rate of 82.5%.
Immunisation against Whooping Cough
The recorded number of persons under 16 years of age who received a primary
course of immunisation was 3,310 and 2,555 received a reinforcing dose.
Of the children born in 1963, 3,043 had received primary immunisation by the
end of 1965, this representing an acceptance rate of 76.8%.
Immunisation against Tetanus
The recorded number of persons under 16 years of age who received a primary
course of immunisation was 4,220 and 5,412 received a reinforcing dose.
Of the children born in 1963, 3,230 had received primary immunisation by the
end of 1965, this representing an acceptance rate of 81.5%.
Vaccination against Anthrax
Ministry of Health Circular 19/65 stressed the desirability of making arrangements
for vaccination against anthrax and the Minister gave his prior approval
to such arrangements. The persons concerned are workers in establishments such
as tanneries, glue, gelatine, soap and bone meal factories and woollen mills, who
are regularly handling such raw materials as goat hair, wool, alpaca, camel
hair, horse hair, hides, bones, bone-meal, etc. The Council resolved to make the
arrangements. An investigation revealed that there were no premises in the Borough
in which persons were engaged in this type of employment.
Vaccination of Staff
It is important to ensure that persons most liable to come into contact with an
undiagnosed case of smallpox and those required to deal with an outbreak should
maintain a high level of immunity against smallpox. Members of the Health Department
staff, such as doctors, nurses, health visitors, public health inspectors, disinfectors,
etc. (and their immediate families) come within this category, and the practice
of offering and encouraging vaccination of these members of the staff annually was
continued, and 58 members of the staff were vaccinated during the year.
Certain categories of Council staff, e.g. labourers, gardeners, motor mechanics
and sewage and refuse disposal workers, because of the nature of their work, are
particularly exposed to the risk of developing tetanus following injury—even quite
minor lacerations. The Council resolved to offer vaccination against tetanus to
those groups and by the end of the year 97 employees had received a full course
of immunisation and 124 will complete the course next year.
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