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SECTION 26
VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
Vaccination and
Immunisation
Protection against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and
poliomyelitis is given at most of our infant welfare centres in
the Borough, and by general practitioners, who in fact carry
out about two-thirds of these immunisation procedures.
The schedule of immunisation adopted in Redbridge aims at
achieving primary protection against these four diseases by
the age of six months, with appropriate boosters at 18 months
and just before school entry. Protection rates, in so far as the
primary course is concerned, are satisfactorily high, but the
same cannot be said of the booster Injections, which maintain
and stimulate the level of immunity in the child. A special
effort should be made by mothers to bring their children to
their doctor or clinic at 18 months, and again at 4½, so that
immunity is kept at a high level.
Vaccination against smallpox is carried out in the second
year of life, and even though the percentage of children
receiving vaccination at that time has risen from 29% in 1966
to 40% this year, the rate is still too low. Contracting distances,
and immigration from countries where smallpox is
endemic make it most desirable for vaccination against smallpox
to be accepted as a routine in childhood.
The tables in Appendices 12 and 13 show the number ol
completed courses of immunisation by year of birth and the
number of boosters given against these diseases.
Note: Protection rates follow last year's format.
SECTION 28
PREVENTION, CARE AND AFTER CARE
including Renal Dialysis
Convalescent Treatment
Provision of Sickroom Equipment
Chiropody
Tuberculosis
Cervical Cytology and Cancer Education
Geriatric Clinic
Renal Dialysis
On two occasions in 1967, London hospitals have asked
for our help in modification of homes for Renal Dialysis:-
Until quite recently patients suffering from kidney failure