[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough.

  • Stourbridge (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1954
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Diphtheria Immunisation (Continued) The record of primary immunisation in the Borough since 1935 is as follows:- Year Alum Precipitated Toxoid 2 in,1. Toxoid Anti-toxin Mixture 3 inj. Total 1935 • • 3 3 1936 • • •> 1937 • • 247 46 293 1938 • ♦ 201 23 224 1939 • • 61 35 96 1940 * • - 112 112 194-1 • # 65 1397 1462 1942 • • 17 1806 1823 1943 • • 563 71 634 1944 • • 507 — 507 1945 671 — 671 • ♦ 536 — 536 1947 • • 640 — 640 1948 • • 580 — 580 1949 • • 603 — 603 1950 • • 317 - 317 1951 • • 597 - 597 1952 • • 470 - 470 1953 • • 521 — 521 1954 • • 560 Totals 7156 3493 560 To,'649 Of an estimated child population of 8,300, a total of 7,051 children under 15 years of age had been immunised by the end of the year. Of this total, 1,8i+0 related to children of pre-school age. It is estimated that approximately 95$ of school children and 6l^£ of pre-school age children have been completely immunised. \ Table showing the Incidence and Severity of Diphtheria Year Total Cases Deaths Case Mortality Rate Immunised Cases Children Deaths 1935 110 18 16.3 3 — 1936 33 5 15*1 3 - 1937 81 3 3.7 6 - 1938 49 2 4.08 6 - 1939 40 7 17.5 111 - 1940 71 O Cr 2.81 9 - 1941 87 5 5.74 8 - 1942 21 - - 2 — 1943 18 1 5.5 5 - 1944 25 2 8.0 9 - 1945 47 3 6.38 11 — 1946 21 1 4.76 7 — 1947 30 2 6.66 11 1 1948 — - — - — 1949 - - — — — 1950 1 - — 1 ** 1951 - - — — — 1932 - - — — — 1953 - — — — — 1954 _l jE ~ II