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Tetanus
Inoculation, against tetanus has been available since 1956 and is
now widely accepted., Although not a common disease, the mortality rate
is high and immunisation is recommended. 540 children -were immunised
during the year and 741 received a reinforcing doss,. No cases were
notified,,
Smallpox
Details of the number of vaccinations carried out during the year
are as follows:
Number of primary vaccinations 106 (929)
Number of revaccinations 27 (572)
(Previous year's figures in parentheses).
Of the above, 86 persons were vaccinated or revaccinated by private
practitioners and 44 of those vaccinated were tinder 1 year of age.
Owing to a change in the age at which vaccination against smallpox
is recommended, the number of children vaccinated is fewer than usual.
Whereas infants were formerly offered vaccination at about three months old,
recent studies have indicated that it is more satisfactory to delay until
after one year of age.
Scarlet Fever
The number of cases of scarlet fever notified during the year was
7, giving an incidence rate of 0.15 per thousand population.
One or two of the cases were rather less mild than of recent years
but happily no serious outcome was reported.
The following graph shows the rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population in averaged 5 yearly periods from 1899.