[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

  • Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vaccination against Smallpox Persons aged under 16 Return for Year ended 31st December, 1968 Age at date of Vaccination I. Number of Persons Vaccinated (_or Re- Vaccinated during Period II. Number of Cases Specially Reported during Period Number Vaccinated Number Re- vaccinated {a) Generalised Vaccinia i.b) Post- Vaccinal Encephalo- myelitis (c) Death from com- plications of vaccination other than (a) and (b) 0-3 months 1 — — — — 3-6 months 1 — — — — 6-9 months 1 — — — — 9-12 months 2 — — — — 1 year 167 — — — — 2-4 years .. 188 — — — — 5-15 years .. 47 11 — — — Total 407 11 — — — Vaccination against Tuberculosis with B.C.G. Vaccine A. —Contact Scheme : Arrangements for the carrying out of vaccination against tuber- culosis with B.C.G. Vaccine, which were commenced in 1950, were continued in 1968 by the Chest Physician, Dr. M. B. Paul, who supphed the following details: (i) Number skin tested .. .. .. .. .. 202 (ii) Number found positive .. .. .. .. 127 (iii) Number foimd negative .. .. .. .. 77 (iv) Number vaccinated .. .. .. .. .. 51 B. —School Children Scheme : This scheme carried out by Dr. G. M. Curtois was started in April, 1963, and was offered to children of 13 years and over attending Burton upon Trent schools. It has now been extended to include all children over ten years of age. (i) Number skin tested .. .. .. .. .. 1,966 (ii) Number found positive .. .. .. .. 71 (iii) Number found negative .. .. .. .. 1,881 (iv) Number vaccinated .. .. .. .. .. 1,864