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Surbiton 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.

ReinforcementTreatments.
doses.Completed.Incomplfitp
Children treated at clinics3352806
Done by General Practitioners72429
4077096

The division into children of school age and those under is:-

Reinforcement doses.Treatments.
Completed.Incomplete
Children of school age39818-
Children under school age9691-
407709-

The following table shows the number of immunisations carried out during the years 1941 to 1950:-

Year.Immunise tions.Reinforcements.
19412,516
19421,547-
1943709-
1944196-
1945326-
1946696-
1947482104
1948812148
1949740449
1950709407

VACCINATION.

The number of vaccinations carried out in the Borough by the General Practitioners and myself for the year is as follows:-

PrimaryRe-vaccination
Medical Officer of Health and Clinics2047
General Practitioners457193
661£00
Total861

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
13.