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Southall 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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1951
| Age Groups | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-2 years | 2-4 years | 5-14 years | 15 years and over | Total | ||
| Primary Vaccination | 249 | 38 | 40 | 73 | 74 | 474 | |
| Re-vaccination | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 140 | 159 | |
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)
The number of notifications received during the year was 104 as compared with 87
for the previous year. 19 cases were admitted to hospital for isolation and treatment,
and 85 were nursed at home. Secondary cases occurred in two families where the first
case was nursed at home.
Diphtheria
No cases of diphtheria were notified to the Department.
The following information supplied by the County Medical Officer shows the number of children immunised against diphtheria during the year.
| Number of Children who completed a full course of Primary Immunisation in Southall (including Temporary Residents) during the year | Number of Children who were given Secondary or Reinforcing Injection during the year (i.e. having in a previous year received a complete full course) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at Date of Final Injection | ||||
| Under 1 | 1-4 | 5-14 | Total | |
| 277 | 236 | 27 | 540 | 317 |
In the following table is shown the number of children at 31st December, 1952, who had completed a course of immunisation against diphtheria at any time before that date
| Age at 31.12.52:— | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10 - 14 | Total under 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number immunised | 274 | 404 | 565 | 530 | 442 | 3,207 | 2,716 | 8,138 |
| Estimated Mid-Year Child Population, 1952 | 3,966 | 7,365 | n,33i | |||||
A fall in the number of children immunised for the first time was recorded, the number
being 540 this year as compared with 605 in 1951. The number of children obtaining
reinforcing injections also dropped from 330 to 317. It appears from the second table
that there was a fairly good response for immunisation of children under the age of one,
but a big drop in the number being immunised at the ages above that. The total percentage
of children under 15 who have, at one time or another, received a course of immunisation
has not yet appreciably diminished, and it is encouraging that the figure is so satisfactory
for the children under one year of age.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
No cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified during the year.
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