[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Godalming Borough.
- Godalming (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1952
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Godalming Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Diphtheria Immunisation. Diphtheria Immunisation Statistics. Age at i.e.. Estimated 31st December, Born in Number mid-year Pop- Number and 1952 Year Immunised Illation, 1952 Percentage Immunised Under 1 1952 14 1 1951 115 2 1950 161 ^ 967 563 (58.22%) 3 1949 131 4 1948 142 J 5—9 1947—1943 946 ] 2157 1762 (81.68%) 10—15 1942—1938 816 J Totals, under 15 2325 3124 2325 (74.42%) (Figures for Charterhouse School not included as boys are domiciled outside the Borough) No case of diphtheria was recorded during the year. The immunisations, carried out by an assistant county medical officer for the most part, and a few by general practitioners, exceeded the totals of last year, and the per- centage of children between five and fifteen years of age Immunised has reached the excellent figure of 81.68%. The percentage of those under this age group is 58.22, giv- ing a total percentage of 74.42. The fact that estimates of the child population were no longer available from the Registrar General made the obtaining of these figures from the Education Authority necessary, but as that Authority have complete figures of children aged five to fifteen, the percentages could be worked out. The births over the past four years supplied the other figures. Results are excellent and it seems to be an estab- lished precept with all parents that diphtheria immunisa- tion is an essential, so that little difficulty is experienced in obtaining parental co-operation.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29260747_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
