[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Edinburgh City.

  • Edinburgh (Scotland). City Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Edinburgh City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IMMUNISATION AND VACCINATION. DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION. During the year 1959 the Public Health Department received 6,885 notifica-i tions of complete primary immunisations compared with 6,681 notified in thel previous year. The immunisations were carried out as follows :— Child Welfare Clinics 2,646 (2,487) General Practitioners ... ... ... 2,892 (3,361) (1958 figures in School Health Service ... ... ... 1,347 ( 833) brackets.) — 6,885 (6,681) In addition to the primary immunisations, there were carried out 11,117 (7,413 in 1958) reinforcing injections of which 10,547 were done by the School Health Service. It is estimated that at least 52 per cent, of all children under five years of age in the city have been fully protected against diphtheria. These figures relate only to children regarding whom full details of immunisation have been notified to the Public Health Department. It is known that a number of immunisations are not notified and in consequence the percentage of pre-school children protected will be higher than 52 per cent. DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION SINCE 1930. Year Number Pro- tected Non- Immunised Persons Notified Immunised Persons Notified Fatal Cases amongst the non-Immunised Fatal Cases amongst the Immunised 1930 1,175 1,078 24 71 1931 560 881 20 28 1932 776 669 3 27 1933 1,940 594 12 21 1934 3,362 533 13 26 i 1935 3,856 306 2 16 1936 2,717 368 6 26 1937 3,440 611 11 43 1938 4,038 569 31 43 i 1939 2,075 338 23 29 1940 1,429 743 6 61 1941 52,386 417 29 28 1942 11,065 406 74 29 2 1943 4,927 317 105 14 i 1944 5,872 226 80 12 ... 1945 11,550 213 149 11 2 1946 6,773 110 62 10 1947 6,071 40 10 2 1948 11,273 9 5 i 1949 9,093 6 1 1950 7,130 2 1951 7,463 ... 1952 6,663 ... 1 1953 6,564 1 i 1954 6,432 ... 1955 6,507 1 1966 0,303 1 1957 5,791 6,681 ... 1958 ... 1959 6,885 ... 210,697 8,429 667 499 7