[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham] page 43

West Ham 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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2. IMMUNISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA AND WHOOPING COUGH. Immunisation of young children is
carried out in the Child Welfare Clinics during the same sessions as vaccination. Regular
visits are also made to each school to offer protection to those children not immunised in
the pre-school age and also to give refresher doses to those who had been previously
immunised. A small proportion of the work is carried out by general practitioners in the
area, all of whom have been given the opportunity of providing the service.
Immunisation against both diseases is affected by the use of a combined diphtheriapertussis
antigen. It has been found that the use of the combined antigen is more popular
with parents than the separate immunisation for diphtheria or whooping cough.

Table: The numbers of children immunised during the year by the Council's own staff or reported during the year as having been immunised by general practitioners in the area are shown in the table below:-

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The numbers of children immunised during the year by the Council's own staff or reported during the year as having been immunised by general practitioners in the area are shown in the table below:-

	AGE at date of final injection (as regards A) or of reinforcing injection (as regards B)
	Under 1	1	2	3	4	5 to 9	10 to 14	Total
A. Children who completed a full course of immunisation	902	271	50	21	90	552	22	1,908
B. Children who received a secondary reinforcing injection	4	-	2	2	119	1,699	95	1,921

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The Ministry of Health introduced a new form of Annual Return for Diphtheria
Immunisation for 1953. This return, which follows, gives the proportion of children in
any age group who have received a course of immunisation since 1st January, 1939:-

Table: IMMUNISATION IN RELATION TO CHILD POPULATIONNumber of Children at 31st December, 1953, who had completed a course of Immunisation at any time before that date (i.e.. at any time since 1st Januarv 1939).

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IMMUNISATION IN RELATION TO CHILD POPULATION

Number of Children at 31st December, 1953, who had completed a course of Immunisation at any time before that date (i.e.. at any time since 1st Januarv 1939).

Age at 31.12.53 i.e., Born in Year	Under 1 1953	1-4 1952-1949	5-9 1948-1944	10-14 1943-1939	Under 15 Total
Last complete course of injections (whether primary or booster) A. 19149 - 1953	30	5,578	8,051	3,08l	16,740
B. 1948 or earlier	-	-	2,975	7,673	10,648
C. Estimated midyear child population	2,660	10,940	26,600		40,200
Immunity Index 100A/C	1.13	50.99	41.85		41.69

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Table: The numbers of children immunised during the year by the Council's own staff or reported during the year as having been immunised by general practitioners in the area are shown in the table below:-

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Table: IMMUNISATION IN RELATION TO CHILD POPULATIONNumber of Children at 31st December, 1953, who had completed a course of Immunisation at any time before that date (i.e.. at any time since 1st Januarv 1939).