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Immigrant Health
The Medical Officer of Health is notified by airports and
seaports of new arrivals in the country and the addresses to which
they are going.
The health visitors then attend to offer advice on services
and persuade them to register with a general practitioner and to have
a chest X-ray if this had not been done on entry.
52 such immigrants were visited during the year.
VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
The acceptance rate by parents for vaccination and immunisation
is reasonable in the borough. A publicity campaign organised
by the Ministry of Health was held during the year, aimed at improving
this rate in the London and Home Counties area as a whole. The
desirability of vaccination and immunisation was conveyed to the
public through television and local newspapers. This authority
published items in the local press.