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Carshalton 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: During 1952, 733 residents were immunised as follows:

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During 1952, 733 residents were immunised as follows:

	Age at Year End.							Total.
	Under 1	1	2	3	4	5-9	10-14	Total.
At Council Clinics	23	244	35	10	8	2	-	322
In Carshalton Schools	—	—	—	1	8	208	11	228
Private Practitioners	9	162	25	7	4	8	4	219
	32	406	60	18	20	218	15	769
Less outward transfers	2	3	1	1	—	30	3	40
Plus inward transfers	—	1	—	2	—	1	-	4
Carshalton Residents	30	404	59	19	20	189	12	733

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A further 2,084 children received reinforcing injections in the area.
After allowing for transfers in and out of the district the figure for
Carshalton residents so treated was 1,801.

Table: The immunisation state of the child population at the end of theyear was as follows:

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The immunisation state of the child population at the end of the

year was as follows:

Age at 31.12.52, i.e., Born in Year	Under 1 1952.	1 1951.	2 1950.	3 1949.	4 1948.	5 to 9 1943/ 47.	10 to 14 1938/ 42.	Total under 15
Number Immunised	11	408	579	573	774	4581	4160	11086
Estimated mid-year population, 1952	4300					8800		13100
Percentage done	54%					99%		84%

Table: The following table shows the estimated percentage of children immunised at each year end since 1935, when the Council's scheme was inaugurated and the incidence of diphtheria in the resident population:

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The following table shows the estimated percentage of children immunised at each year end since 1935, when the Council's scheme was inaugurated and the incidence of diphtheria in the resident population:

Year.	Percentage of Children Immunised.			Incidence of Diphtheria.
	0-5 Years.	5-15 Years.	0-15 Years.	Cases.	Attack Rate per 1,000 Population.
	1935	-	-	7	58	1.13
	1936	—	—	10	53	0.95
1937	-	—	15	47	0.80
1938	—	—	18	33	0.57
1939	—	—	19	14	0.23
1940	—	—	21	45	0.77
1941	—	—	49	26	0.45
1942	40	84	71	23	0.40
1943	57	78	72	7	0.12
1944	54	83	75	7	0.12
1945	58	75	70	15	0.27
1946	64	81	76	4	0.06
1947	63	84	78	2	0.03
1948	67	92	81	1	0.01
1949	60	91	81	1	0.01
1950	63	98	85	0	0.00
1951	57	97	84	0	0.00
1952	54	99	84	0	0.00

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Carshalton 1952

Table: During 1952, 733 residents were immunised as follows:

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Table: The immunisation state of the child population at the end of theyear was as follows:

Table: The following table shows the estimated percentage of children immunised at each year end since 1935, when the Council's scheme was inaugurated and the incidence of diphtheria in the resident population: