View report page

Number of children of school age immunised 192
,, ,, pre-school age immunised 79
The total number of children who gave negative Schick tests
or whose immunisation wag completed during 1934 was 373.
These were made up as follows:—Immunisation Clinic, 211;
Forest Hall, 76; Brookfield Hospital, 76; Northcott's School, 25.
The names and addresses of the 27 children leaving the area
before the completion of their immunisation were reported forward
to the Medical Officers of Health of the respective areas.
The various means in use for drawing the attention of parents
to the facilities of the immunisation scheme were detailed in the
report for 1933 and were continued during the year under review.
In addition, a film depicting the work in progress at the
Heston & Isleworth Clinic, was exhibited during the Health Week.
Consideration of the average attendances per clinic before and
after Health Week is of some interest:—
Average attendances to November 6th (beginning
of Health Week) 13.4
Average attendances for 6 weeks preceding
November 6th 221
Average attendances for 6 weeks following
November 6th 36.8
The increased attendances may be partly due to personal
recommendations by the parents who have brought their children
to the clinic but, on the other hand, it is frequently observed that
the parents have attended solely as a result of the Health Week
propaganda. The same factor is being observed during the beginning
of the present year, but in addition, of course, there has been
the recent publicity with regard to the Leeds epidemic. Whatever
the cause, the average attendance per clinic since the beginning of
1935 has been 54, in spite of the fact that the clinics have been
duplicated to two per week. In addition, up to the end of
February 195 new oases have attended the clinic, which is only
16 cases less than the total done during the whole of 1934.