[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Battle R.D.C.
- Battle (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1946
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Battle R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Di'phthoria Immunization» Col. J.E.n, Sawyer M.D., M.R.C.P., held ].o8 iniraimizaticn cli'niGS during the year. After the end of October ho has worked without Fursos but when help is necessaey the Burwash branch of the Ro'iv Cross Society is ready to supply it. District Nurses and Teachers have helped readily. In 1946 the numbers of completed primary injections were Unuor 5, 5-14. 347 114 In 1945 311 73 In 1946 235 children v/ere given a third reinforcing Injection. The Schick test was applied to 5, Total number of children ur.ider 15 v/ha had received 2 injections by December 31st, 1946 Under 5 836 5 - 14 5121 Total 4007 Exact percentages cannot be given eocause the population figu'os of the two age groups are not available. If the figures .for mid-1945 were sti.i. 1 correct the percentage of those imixunized would be about: 55.8^ aged 1 to 4 92.5^ aged 5 to 14. Two elements of error detract from these figures. First: the child population in 1946 vras almost certainly larger than in 1945. Second: the numbers of children aged 1 to 4 v/ere not supplied for 1945 but those from birth to 4, and since children are not immunized till at or near the end of their first year, it is clear that the percentage that matters is of children aged 1 to 4. For this a figure has been reached by subtracting one fifth of the population figure for the age group, a method obviously inexact. Making all allowances it can be said with reasonable confidence that there v/as no falling off in either group and that thou^ the number of children aged 1 to 4 who are protected is still too small the nuinber of those immunized from 5 to 14 is good.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28909987_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
