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Total number of immunisations completed during 1948
(a) School age 662
(b) Pre-school age 2,049
(c) Over school age 1
Total 2,712
(d) Number already immunised having a
ing dose 2,139
The above total includes 155 children immunised at Brookscroft
and 504 by Private Practitioners.
Number of Schick tests following immunisation 47
Number positive 3
Number negative 41
Number not seen 3
Number of special clinics held for immunisation at Town
Hall 51
Number of attendances made for diphtheria immunisation 1,920
Average attendance per session 37.6
Number of attendances for whooping cough immunisation 323
Average attendance per session 13.5
Immunisation at Schools (included above):—
Number completely immunised 454
Number partly immunised 78
Number having a booster dose, i.e., immunised in-
previous years 1,940
With the transfer of responsibility for Diphtheria Immunisation
from the Borough Council to the County Council on July 5th, it
is appropriate to review the results since the commencement of immunisation
in the year 1932, and the following table shows the
progress:—
Year
commenced
Additional
Facilities for
Immunisation
No. of
injections during
1948 at respective centres
1932
Clinics
1,883
1935
Schools
3,004
1938
General Practitioners
1,008
1942
Welfares
1,484
1945
Brookscroft
310