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78
Age at date
of
Immunisation
No. of children immunised
Diphtheria
only
Combined
Diphtheria
& Whooping
Cough
Whooping
Cough
only
No. of children given
re-inforcing injection
Diphtheria
only
Combined
Diphtheria
& Whooping
Cougn
Under One 1558 484 267
One 547 396 786
Two to Four 133 52 25 415 26
Five to Fourteen 247 8 7 1359 27
Fifteen and over - -
Totals 1958 2485 940 1085 1764 53
Totals 1957 859 1658 283 655 52
Poliomyelitis Vaccination
(a) Extension of Scheme
As a result of Ministry of Health Circular 20/58, the poliomyelitis vaccination
scheme was extended to persons born in the years 1933-42, so that infactall
persons up to and including 25 years of age, as well as special categories of any
age, became eligible for this protection.
Publicity was given to the extended scheme during the week commencing
27th October, 1958 by means of advertisements in the local press, B.B.C. radio
and television broadcasts, posters, car stickers and leaflets.
General practitioners have been kept fully informed and have given valuable
assistance in vaccinating patients who preferred to attend their own doctors'
surgeries.
In this Area an approach was made to all factories with more than 50
employees and as a result, leaflets explaining the scheme were distributed through
pay packets. Many of the firms also asked for posters and car stickers which
were immediately supplied.
An experiment was tried with -'open" sessions on Saturday mornings at
which eligible persons could attend without appointment and which were publicised
in the local press. Four such sessions have been held but only 55
persons availed themselves of this opportunity.
This scheme also provides for evening sessions to suit the convenience of
persons who may be working and unable to attend during the normal day-time
sessions. Only 17 persons, however, have asked for an evening appointment and
as they are scattered over the Area and it would not be possible to arrange a
session convenient for them all, they have been offered the alternative of approaching
their family doctors or attending a normal day-time session.
Three of the factories in the Area have asked for sessions to be arranged
during working hours in their factories and some 300 persons will receive protection
in this way.