[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.

  • Richard West
Date:
1937
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    PUBLIC VACCINATION. The functions under the Vaccination Acts were transferred to the County Council on 1st .April, 1030, in accordance with Section 2 (b) of the Local Government Act, 1929, and are administered by the Public Health and Housing Committee. The Vaccination Acts require that every child shall be vaccinated before attaining the age of six months, unless the child has already had Smallpox or exemption is claimed by the parents or guardians, before the child reaches the age of four months, by means of a statutory declaration of conscientious objection to vaccination. Also, vaccination may be postponed by medical certificate. The Vaccination Acts of 1898 and 1907 have rendered exemption from vaccination an easy matter, and now only about 37 per cent, of children are vaccinated during infancy. In the County of West Sussex, 37.G per cent, of the children born in 1936 were vaccinated as compared with 37.7 per cent, for the previous year. A list of the Public Vaccinators and Vaccination Officers is given at the beginning of this Report. The following Summary has been prepared from Returns made by the Vaccination Officers :— Number of births notified by Registrars to Vaccination Officers during year ended 31/12/36 ... 3351 ,, Successfully Vaccinated ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1261 ,, Insusceptible of Vaccination ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 ,, of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objections received ... ... ... ... 1638 ,, Died Unvaccinated . 98 ,, of Vaccinations postponed by Medical Certificate ... ... ... ... ... ... 24 ,, of Removals to other districts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 124 ,, Removed to places unknown ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 119 ,, Unaccounted for on 31st January, 1938 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 83 Return showing the number of persons successfully vaccinated and re-vaccinated at the cost of the rates by the Medical Officers of the Poor Law Institutions and Public Vaccinators during the year ended 30th September, 1937 :— Number of Success :ul Primary Vaccinations of Persons :— Number of Successful Re-vaccinations Under one year of age One year and upwards Total 925 74 999 66 VENEREAL DISEASES. FACILITIES FOR TREATMENT Clinics.—Treatment, provided free of cost at the Clinics, is available to any resident in the County suffering from, or suspected to be suffering from, Venereal Diseases in its earlier and at all communicable stages. Patients may attend the Clinics on the advice of their Medical Attendant or on their own initative. The following Statement gives the days and hours of the various Clinics serving this County :— Royal Portsmouth Hospital, Landport, Portsmouth. (This Clinic is intended to serve persons resident in the Western part of the County)— Men—Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. 5 to 7 p.m. Women—Mondays, 3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Wednesdays, 4 p.m. Wednesdays, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. 5 to 7 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing. (This Clinic is intended to serve persons resident in the Eastern part of the County)— Men and Women—Wednesdays, Women, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. ; Men, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, Women, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Men, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road, Kemp Town, Brighton— Men—Mondays, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Women—Tuesdays, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays, 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Thursdays, 3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Saturdays, 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Saturdays, 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
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