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The percentage of the child population
considered immunised on the 31st December, was-
Children under 5 years 54.58%
" between 5 and 15 years 60.68%
In the last annual report details were
given of the various ways in which surely almost
every family in the Borough must have been
advised regarding the importance of diphtheria
immunisation. All the methods of approach
mentioned regarding that year were continued
throughout 1943. Health Visitors made some
3,000 special visits in accordance with Ministry
of Health Circular No. 2,713 in endeavour to
explain the importance of diphtheria immunisation
in those children concerning whom so far there
was no record of their having been immunised.
Vaccination against small-pox.
War-time difficulties-part-time work of
the Mothers, shopping queues and so on-might
be responsible for a number of infants not being
vaccinated against small-pox and an arrangement
was made whereby Dr. Dyson, Public Vaccinator,
attends the Health Clinics in rotation, his
first attendance being at One Tree Hill Clinic
in November. To the end of the year 34 infants
were vaccinated at the Clinics (since 1st January
33.