[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Sedgefield (Union) R.D.C.
- Sedgefield (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1947
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Sedgefield (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![^5 DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION Imniunisation in relation to Child Population. Number of Children who had completed a full course of Immunisation at any time up to 31st December, 1947. Ago at 3J/12/47 Borii ill year Under 1 ] 947 1 194(') O Lj 1947) 3 1944 4 1943 5-9 1938- 1942 10-14 1933- 1937 Total under 15 Number immunised ... 41 250 255 320 219 2,106 2,304 5,495 Estimated mid year child, pop¬ ulation 1947 1 1 2,880 5,190 Number of children who completed a full course of primary immunisation in the Authority’s area. Total number of children Under 5 years. 5 to 14. Total. who were given a re-inforcing injection. Jan.—June 1947 — 165 22 187 132 July—Dec. 1947 - 244 22 266 53 409 44 453 185 For the vear 1947 the hgures show that ?>1 .Ql°/o of the total child population of the Rural District under 5 years and 84.97^ of the 5 to 15 years child population has completed a full course of immunisation. Comparative figures for the year 1946, were 34.55% for the children under 5 years and 87.44^0 for the 5 to 15 years children. In 1945 the figures were 25% of children under 5 years and 77% 5 to 15 years. The national effort of recent years has been especially directed towards of securing early immunisation. The figures in this District show a gradually improving percentage of children immunised under 5 years. The year age group hgures show that 106 more children under 2 vears were immunised in 1947 than in 1946. Refresher or Reinforcing Injections. These injections have been mainly given at clinics held at the schools. Since the injections were started in 1946, a total of 955 have been given, i.e. in 1946 410, 1947 185. Diphtheria Notifications and Deaths in 1947. Of six children under 15 years notihed as suspected Diphtheria cases, none proved positive. A total of nine suspected cases of all ages one proved positive, an inmate of the Durham County Mental Hospital. There were no deaths from Diphtheria during the year.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30076316_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
