[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Dublin City.

  • Dublin (Ireland). City Council
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Dublin City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    infection so that the figures point to the need of active prevention for this age group. As in previous yeais the returns of the Registrar General of the weekly deaths from Tuberculosis were checked to see if any of the children had B.C.G. vaccination. One of these deaths, recorded as T.B. Meningitis, was that of a child who had been B.C.G. Vaccinated, but on investiga- tion the diagnosis was not substantiated by the bacter- iological finding or history of the case. Every effort has been made to protect the youngest age group. During 1954, 2,041 infants were vaccinated in the Rotunda and Coombe Maternity Hospitals. In Novem- ber, 1954, the Scheme was extended to the new Maternity Department of St. Kevin’s Hospital. A clinic for B.C.G. vaccinations was opened in the Health Centre, Old County Road, Crumlin, in September and Clinics were held twice weekly. This Clinic was additional to the Clinic at Quarry Road, Cabra, and 22 West Essex Street. Bi-weekly sessions were held at the Coombe and Rotunda Hospitals as in former years. Since the B.C.G. Scheme commenced in late October, 1948, a total of 39,888 children and young adults were vaccinated at the end of 1954. The number of Tuberculin tests, prior to vaccination, totalled 80,960. The number of Post-vaccinal tests totalled 32,664. Combined Mass-Radiography, Tuberculin tests and B.C.G. Surveys were carried out in two Corporation groups of Flats but, as before, there was difficulty in getting the young adult group to take advantage of the Scheme. A similar Survey carried out in a New Housing Area met with better response. In the early years of B.C.G. work, it was more common to meet with a fatalistic attitude to tuber- culosis, and even yet a lack of endeavour to help themselves by availing of this protective measure is seen particularly in the adolescent group. Vaccinations of Medical and Dental Students, Student Nurses, Garda recruits, factory workers, Tech-