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Vaccinal Condition of Hospital Staff
By courtesy of the Secretary of the Hospital Management
Committee, information is available as to the vaccinal condition
of the staffs of the two hospitals in Walthamstow. The percentage
vaccinated was as follows :—
No. successfully No. vaccinated
vaccinated but not
within 3 years within 3 years Unvaccinated
Hospital "A" 27.6 61.1 11.1
Hospital " B" 25.3 65.3 9.3
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION 1956
The following is a summary of the work carried out during
the year:—
Total number of immunisations completed:
(a) School age 156
(b) Pre-school age 1,071
Total 1,197
(c) Number already immunised having a
reinforcing dose 1,023
Details of the immunisations included in the above total are
set out below:—
Number completed at Schools 94
„ „ „ Welfare Centres 365
„ „ „ Town Hall Clinic 98
„ „ „ Brookscroft 78
„ „ by General Practitioners 562
Total 1,197
The total for 1955 was 942, but immunisation was suspended
during August, September and October on account of the prevalence
of poliomyelitis.
235 children included in the above figures were given combined
whooping cough/diphtheria injections and 41 children were given
whooping cough/tetanus/diphtheria injections by general practitioners.
These prophylactics were not supplied by the County
Council.
There have been only two confirmed cases of diphtheria in the
last ten years, the last being in 1950, and no deaths.
On the other hand, the fall in the number of children
immunised, especially in the 0—1 age group, gives rise to misgiving,
since the target of immunisation in this group is 75% of babies
before reaching the age of one year. The percentage of children
immunised in this age group was 53.