[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PROTECTION AGAINST WHOOPING COUGH. riie Sc'heiiic mack' uiulei’ S('C‘ti<)n 2() ol tiu' Nalioiial llt-allii wServicc i\(‘l provides that upon tlu* re(|iK‘st of their |)ar(Uils or ^iuardiaiis, ehihlreii may reeeivc' prot(H‘tioii a;j,ainst wlioopiii^’ eon,oh. I sually tins pi-oteetioii is ,i»iv(m at th(' same time .is tlu'V are immunised against diphtheria. Durino' tlu' yiair, 2,110 ehildrim rcaaMNcd primary courses (»f anti-\vhoopin^‘ eouo'h inji'ctioiis. in 2,0.')!) easi's tlu* injections were eomhiiu'd with those a^-ainst dipht heri.a. 'I'lii' r('mainino- .■) | casi's had anti-whoopino- couo'h inji'ctions alone*. ha\ina' h(“(‘n pi‘(*\iousl\ immunised against diphtlu'ria. B.C.G. VACCINATION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS. .i:\ Selu'iiH' tor tin* jirole'ction of sehoolehildri'ii .a^'.ainsl luher eulosis hy B.C.d. xaeeinalion was eomnu'nei'd during liu* yeai'. t’hildi’C'ii who ;ire hetwi'i'ii thirte'i'n .and fourti'i'ii years of .ao'i- aia* ('iilith'd to part ieip.ate* in this selu'iiu*, which will eventu;illy appl.\ ihrouohout tlu* ('ounty. hut whi(*h dui*ino- it was only possible* to inti’odue*e* in the* I lolde*rne*ss anel 1 [.•ilte*mprie*e* Divisional I]e*,‘dlh .'ireas. In lhe*se* two Divisions. le*lte*i*s e*xpl,‘iinino- the* se*he*me* anel e*onse*nt forms we*i'e* sent to the* pare*nts ol’ I hirte*(*n-ye*ar-old ehildre*n attenelino; 10 se*hools. .\t the*S(* se'hools (he*re* were 1,0(S 1 ehilelre*n in this ;io’e* o-coup, and the par(*nts of (Jtd (.')!).S%) re*(iue*ste*d part ie'ipal ion in tlu* se*henu*. Of the*se* ae*e*e*ptors, .)!)!> we*re* e'\e*nl uall,\ .Mantoux teste*d, .-inel 1-37 we*re* I’ounel to he* ne*^;it i\e* ;nul thus re*e|uirina' vae*e*ination. 'The* nuniher of those* who eomple*te*d the vae*eination process was kS t. AMBULANCE SERVICE. 'I'lu* >Vml)ulane*e iServie*e* eontii.uu*el to he* oi*a'anise*el ;is de*l<‘iile“d in my pre*vious reports. Duriii”' the* ye*ar new amhulane*e* st.-itions were ope*ne*d at lIornse*a and Iloweleii. At the* e*nel of the* ye*ar the* Couneirs tle*e*t of \('hie*le*s e*onsist(*el of 12 .•iml)ulane*(*s anel 17 dual purfiose* \e*hie‘le*s use*d mainly for sittina'-ease work, .*1)1(1 use* was also made* of 2 anil)ulanee*s |)ro\i(l(*d hy the Si. .lohn Aml)uhni(*(* Ih’iaado .*111(1 1 amhulanee* pro\i(l(*d he the British K(*d Cross Society. 'riiirty-nine* drive*!*, atte*ndants were* (*mploy('d on ;i w hole*-tinie basis. The hope*s ('xpressed each ye*ar tluil tlu* de*niands made* on the amhulanee* sei’v ie*e* would .‘it least cease* to ine*re*ase* have* .‘la’.'iin not been realise*d. In fae't. in l!)5.), the*re* was tlu* lara'est in(*rease in demand of any yeai* since the service* has l)e*e*n o[)eratina'. In .‘ill, the nuniher of pafieiits transported was nearly I (),()()() more than in l!).)T, an iiu*rease ol 17.f)% on that year's fiaure*s. and most ot this increase was due to eontiniied heavy demands for transport to and from the various hospital out-patient de})ai*tments. 'I’his oui-))atient ti’ansjiort was resiionsihle for t),()()() more* e*alls in 1!)53 than in Oat (an increase of 21 Vh), and diirin^i,' the* y(*ai* .)n,72() patients were carried to or from out-patient sessions, d’he various hospitals have repeatedly been reejuested to watch the reejuests made