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DIPHTHERIA.
The Borough has now "been free from cases of diphtheria
since 1946, and if parents will continue to take advantage of the
immunisation service offered, there is no reason why the disease
should not be entirely stamped out. The responsibility for
providing this service rests with the County Council by virtue
of section 26 of the National Health Service Act, 1946, and the
Medical Officer of Health, who is also the Divisional Medical
Officer for the County Council, organises the service within
the Borough.
Clerical work on immunisation is conducted in the Public
Health Department on behalf of the County Council for which 35%
of a clerk's salary is reimbursed.
Arrangements also exist with general medical practitioners
to carry out diphtheria and whooping cough immunisation. A
doctor taking part is expected to send records to the Authority
of the immunisations carried out in the course of his general
medical service; the Authority provides the record cards and
pays a fee to the doctor for each completed record card received.
Doctors are able to collect prophylactic material from the
Public Health Department or from the Central Public Health
Laboratory at Colindale.
Diphtheria Immunisation Clinics are held at
Gosbury Hill Clinic,
1, Gosbury Hill,
Hook.
Telephone: Elmbridge 5737
South Place Clinic,
Ewell Road,
Surbiton.
Telephone: Elmbridge 4397
Friday mornings at
11 o'clock.
Monday mornings at
11 o'clock.
( or Diphtheria immunisation may also be carried out by patient's
own Doctor, as described above).
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.

+ This figure includes children born in 1956 but still under
1 year when immunised in 1957.
14.