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Romford 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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Table 17 gives the statistics relative to Vaccination, as recorded by the General Practitioners.

TABLE 17

Vaccinated:
Under 6 months342
Between the ages of 6 months and 1 year145
Between the ages of 1 and 2 years44
Between the ages of 2 and 5 years77
Between the ages of 5 and 15 years75
Over 15 years144
Re-Vaccinated:
Under 1 year of age
Between the ages of 1 and 2 years
Between the ages of 2 and 5 years8
Between the ages of 5 and 15 years50
Over 15 years306

(i) Tuberculosis.
The team of the Medical Research Council, which, for some
years, has been investigating the value of Anti-Tuberculosis
Vaccines, revisited the area on two occasions, and, prior to, and
during these periods the Health Visitors gave willing aid.
Also, the scheme whereby B.C.G. Vaccination is offered, with
parental consent, to children at the age of 13 years, was continued
on the same lines as last year, with the following results:—

TABLE 18

Number of pupils tuberculin tested344
Number found to be positive45
Number found to be negative299
Number who received B.C.G.277
Number post-tested266
Number found to be positive258
Number found to be negative8

It is again with satisfaction that I record that the new cases
of Respiratory Tuberculosis have diminished by 13, and the Deaths
are fewer by 9.
(j) Whooping Cough.
Altogether, 179 cases were notified. For the most part, they
were fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. During 1955,
1,273 children received immunisation injections.