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B.C.G. Vaccination.
Following upon the investigation referred to in the preceding
paragraph, the Minister of Health, in conjunction with the Minister
of Education, approved proposals by Local Health Authorities for
the extension of the arrangements so that B.C.G. vaccination could be
offered to older school children. The County Council agreed that
B.C.G. vaccination should be offered to those pupils who have passed
their thirteenth birthday, but not attained the age of fourteen years,
and that the arrangements be reviewed in six months time.
The scheme commenced in the Forest Division in June 1954, and
the parents of pupils attending Secondary Modern and Secondary
Grammar Schools in this Borough were invited to consent to their
child's participation.
The results obtained during the Summer and Autumn Terms, 1954
were as follows:—
No. of school children to whom offered 277
No. undergoing skin (Mantoux) tests after
parents consent had been received 171
No. who received B.C.G. vaccination 136
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