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Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic.
Immunisation Clinics are held weekly at the Town Hall Annexe
and Manor Park. Every opportunity is taken during medical
inspection at schools and in the course of School Health clinics, to
impress upon the parents the efficacy of immunisation. The need
for re-inoculation of children admitted to school for the first time is
stressed by teachers and by the use of posters, leaflets, etc.
The work of the clinics is shewn in the following summary:—
Number of clinic sessions 101
Number of children completely immunised 326
Number of children re-inoculated 184
Percentage of children of school age completely immunised 57.0
Chest Clinic.
As in previous years a considerable number of children have
been referred to the Tuberculosis and Chest Clinic for full pathological
and radiological investigation of doubtful chest conditions.
The number of tuberculosis notifications during the year in children
of school age was :—
Pulmonary 36
Non-pulmonary 15

Total attendances—5,892.
The appointment of an Orthopaedic Consultant has not yet
been made and, when necessary, cases are referred to general
hospitals.