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Vaccination.
The following return for the first six months of 1948, was
completed and submitted to the Registrar-General:—
Total number of certificates and copies of certificates
of successful primary vaccination of children under
14 (irrespective of the year of birth) received during
the six months ended 30/6/48 (including those of
which copies have been sent to Vaccination Officers
of other districts) 503
Total number of copies of certificates of successful
primary vaccination received during the six months
ended 30/6/48, which have been sent to Vaccination
Officers of other districts 206
The statistics for the period 5/7/48 to 31/12/48, are as
follows:—
Under 1 1—2 2—3 3—4 4—5 5-14 15 & Total.
year over
By General Practitioners 104 3 — — — 3 26 136
By Council Staff — — — — — — 1 1
Of the total (137) 118 were primary vaccinations and 19
re-vaccinations.
Section 27—Ambulance Services.
The implementation of these proposals has been outlined in
previous reports. A new ambulance station, the better to serve
the needs of an expanding service, is proposed on a site in
Wellington Road close to the Annexe.
Section 27—Statistics.
Number of journeys and mileage for two separate periods
From 1/1/48 to 4/7/48, the total number of journeys was
4,275 and the mileage covered was 38,243 miles. Included in the
above figures were the following journeys made by East Ham
vehicles on behalf of:—
West Ham 26 — 199 miles
Ilford 21 — 306 miles
Barking 46 — 485 miles