[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans City.

  • St. Albans (England). City Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Of the total number of primary vaccination (1480), 581 were done at County Council Clinics. The primary vaccination rate of 73*3 per 100 births is well up on last year (54-9). I strongly advocate vaccination before the age of i year when the risks involved are negligible. Many people in later life find they must be vaccinated either to travel abroad or take up some employment where vaccination is insisted upon. The risks in vaccination in later years are much greater, except when the primary vaccination has been done in infancy. The great increase in air travel has also increased the risk of smallpox being brought into the country, as a case may be infected in, say, Egypt or India, and be here before the onset of the disease, whereas previously, by surface transport, the time involved in the journey ensured that the disease became apparent before landing in the United Kingdom. Diphtheria There were no cases reported in 1957. Immunisation against Diphtheria The following figures obtained from the Divisional Health Office relate to the St. Albans Division, which comprises St. Albans City, St. Albans R.D.C., Harpenden U.D.C. and Elstree R.D.C. Number of children who completed a Full Course for Primary Immun¬ isation in the Authorities’ Area (including temporary residents) in 1957: Age at date of final injection— Under 5, 5-15, Total, 1,758 91 1,849 Total number of children who were given a secondary or re-inforcing injection subsequent to a com¬ plete full course): 982 Number of births registered for the same area. 2,020 Primary immunisation rate per 100 births . 91*5 The numbers shown above include 1,379 children who received primary combined Whooping Cough—Diphtheria immunisation injections and 344 children who received re-inforcing combined injeaions. Whooping Cough The following figures obtained from the Divisional Health Office relate to the St. Albans Division, which comprises St. Albans City, St. Albans R.D.C., Harpenden U.D.C. and Elstree R.D.C. Number of children who completed a full course for Primary Immunisation in the Authorities’ Area (including temporary residents) in 1957 : Age at date of final injection— Total, Under 5, 5-15, 1,725 59 Primary Immunisation Rate, 88*3. 1,784