[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Caithness County Council.

  • Caithness (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Caithness County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - 8 - VACCINATION AMD IMMUNISATION: - A pamphlet prepared by the Medical Officer of Health indicating the desirability of infant vaccination and urging that the operation be carried out before the child reaches the age of six months, is handed by the Registrar of Births and Deaths to every person registering a birth. The scheme for immunisation against diphtheria continues to function satisfactorily. The number of vaccinations carried out during the year is as follows,- Primary Vaccinations.- Typical vaccinia greatest at 7th»10th day 91 Accelerated (Vaccinoid) Reaction 5th-7th day . Reaction greatest at 2nd-3rd day. No local reaction 3 Re -Vaccjnatj on. - Typical vaccinia greatest at 7th-10th day.. 14 Accelerated (Vaccinoid) Reaction 5th-7th day 2 Reaction greatest at 2nd-3rd day. 10 No local reaction 1 The following are the numbers immunised during the year.- Pre-schcol children School children.... Number of chi] dren Number of who completed full M& 1 ote.nance course. Inoculations, 323 ~ 69 145 392 145 PREVENTION OF ILLNESS. CAKE AND AFTER-CARE; - TUBERCULOSIS The Clinics established at Wick and Thurso continue to be well attended. The general practitioners make increasing use of the Clinics for cases requir- ing investigation. Extra Nourishment supplied dviring the year.- Number of patients to whom milk was granted. 22 In all notified cases of tuberculosis - respiratory and non-respiratory - routine investigation is made of the milk supply with a view to ascertaining the possibility of the milk being a source of infection. On these investig- ations the services of the Veterinary Inspectors of the Ministry of Agriculture were readily available. The following Tables show the number of cases notified in the County (including the Burghs) in 1952, the number in which diagnosis was confirmed, the number in institutions, the number in the area known to be suffering from tuberculosis as at 31st December, 1952, and the number of deaths during the year.- I. RETURN OF CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR.- /