[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1952
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Diphtheria Immunisation It is estimated that 41.3 per cent, of the children under 5 years and 70.6 ])er cent, of the scliool |)0])ulation have been immunised. The number of children whose immunisation was completed during the year was 2,900, made up as follows: — 0-4 years of age 1,433 5-14 years of age 1,451 15 years and over 16 Total 2,900 General practitioners and the Medical Officers of the Health Department shared in this work as under: — Health General Department Practitioners Immunisation against Diphtheria 2,205 661 Immunisation against Diphtheria and Whooping Cough — 34 Eeinforcing injections against Diphtheria ... 2,043 155 Immunisation against Whooping Cough Requests for immunisation against Whooping Cough were received from mothers during the year, and to meet their demands 27 children were given a course of injections at the Child Welfare Clinics. Smallpox Yaccination During the year the following vaccinations have been carried out: — By Medical Officers at Child Welfare Clinics 394 By General Practitioners 1,005 1,399 The following table shows the age groups of the persons vaccinated (or re-v^accinated). Age at Date of Vaccination Under 1 Year I Year 2 to 4 Years 5 to 14 Years 15 Years or over Total Number vaccinated... 476 357 60 37 60 990 Number re-vaccinated — 1 12 22 374 409 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927461_0045.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
