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Immunisation against Tetanus
The recorded number of persons under 16 years of age who received a primary
course of immunisation was 4,089, and 5,679 received a reinforcing dose.
Of the children born in 1964, 3,790 had received primary immunisation by the
end of 1964, representing an acceptance rate of 91.2% (England and Wales 76%).
Immunisation against Poliomyelitis
The recorded number of persons under 16 years of age who received a primary
course of immunisation was 4,162, and 3,810 received a reinforcing dose.
Of the children born in 1964, 3,700 had received primary immunisation by the
end of 1966, representing an acceptance rate of 89.1 % (England and Wales 72%).
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. Included in this category, among Health
Department staff, are doctors, nurses, health visitors, public health inspectors,
disinfectors (and their immediate families). The practice of offering and encouraging
vaccination annually was continued, and during the year 126 members of the
staff were vaccinated.
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. Last year the Council resolved to offer vaccination against
tetanus to those groups and by the end of this year a further 99 employees had
received a full course of immunisation, making a total of 196 employees in all since
the scheme started.
International Certificates of Vaccination
Only three forms of International Certificates of Vaccination have been prescribed,
namely, for smallpox, cholera and yellow fever.
Yellow fever vaccination must, for international and technical reasons, be
done only at centres designated by the Government, and International Certificates
of Vaccination against yellow fever are supplied at these centres.
Vaccination against any disease other than yellow fever can be done by a
person's own doctor. The international forms for smallpox and cholera (for completion
by the doctor) must be obtained by the traveller himself and taken to the
doctor. The forms can usually be obtained (free) by the traveller from the company
arranging his transport, or otherwise from the Ministry of Health.
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