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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 to persuade
them to register with a general practitioner and to have a chest X-ray if
this has not been done on entry. Of 131 immigrants whose arrivals were
notified, 79 were visited during the year; the remainder were either
untraceable or were known to have moved to other areas.
VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
The acceptance rate by parents for vaccination and immunisation
is reasonable in the borough. There was an increase in the number of
primary vaccinations and immunisations recorded during 1970.
Immunisation against rubella (German measles) became available
during the latter part of the year and girls in their thirteenth year
were offered this protection. 478 received the injection before the end
of the year.