Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
Reinforcement | Treatments. | ||
---|---|---|---|
doses. | Completed. | Incomplfitp | |
Children treated at clinics | 335 | 280 | 6 |
Done by General Practitioners | 72 | 429 | – |
407 | 709 | 6 |
The division into children of school age and those under is:-
Reinforcement doses. | Treatments. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Completed. | Incomplete | ||
Children of school age | 398 | 18 | - |
Children under school age | 9 | 691 | - |
407 | 709 | - |
The following table shows the number of immunisations carried out during the years 1941 to 1950:-
Year. | Immunise tions. | Reinforcements. |
---|---|---|
1941 | 2,516 | |
1942 | 1,547 | - |
1943 | 709 | - |
1944 | 196 | - |
1945 | 326 | - |
1946 | 696 | - |
1947 | 482 | 104 |
1948 | 812 | 148 |
1949 | 740 | 449 |
1950 | 709 | 407 |
VACCINATION.
The number of vaccinations carried out in the Borough by the General Practitioners and myself for the year is as follows:-
Primary | Re-vaccination | |
---|---|---|
Medical Officer of Health and Clinics | 204 | 7 |
General Practitioners | 457 | 193 |
661 | £00 | |
Total | 861 |
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE AREA.
The hospitals are now under the control of the Kingston Group
Hospital Management Committee (South lest Metropolitan Region).
Laboratory facilities.
Pathological and bacteriological examinations were made for the
Corporation by the Public Health Laboratory Service, Epsom, by the
Clinical Research Association, London, and Victoria Hospital, Kingston
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