[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council.
- Radnorshire (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1965
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![B»C*G* Vaccination The scheme for the protection of children against tuberculosis by B.C.G. vaccination was continued to include the following groups? 1* School children approaching 13 years of age who could be conveniently vaccinated along with others of that agec 2* 13-14 year old children,, 3* Children of 14 years of age or older not previously protected0 The results of the scheme during he year were as follows? No* of children eligible NOo of consents No* of parents refused No* Tuberculin tested No* found to be negative reactors and vaccinated No* found to be tuberculin positive (1) 6 6 6 6 (2) (3) Totals 2341 ;8; 1 32 2721 [8) 1871 4 • 31 224i 4) 471 4 I 1 481 4 160(4^ > 23 169(4) l47< [3] 1 22 1 73i (3) 13< [i; ) 2 151 M The parents of four children from other areas attending the Residential School for the Deaf consented to vaccination with B.C»G» if found necessary* Statistics concerning these children are shown in the table above in parenthesis* The percentage of parents consenting to this protection was 82*8 On the occasions when tuberculin tests were carried out 17 children were absent from school and a further 17 children were absent for B.G.G. vaccination* Fifteen Radnorshire children and i Residential School Child were found to be tuberculin positive, which showed that they had at some time previously been exposed to tuberculous infection* The percentages of children found to be positive in the individual groups were as follows? Groups to (2) (3) Totals All children mm 8*5 8*7 8*3 Radnorshire children — 8*1 8*7 7o4 Residential School children — 25*0 - 25 c0 The percentage of Radnorshire children of 1 3-14 years of age found to be tuberculin positive during the last five years are as follows?](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28875199_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
