[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Dundee City.

  • Dundee (Scotland). City Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Dundee City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rubella Vaccination : Vaccination was offered for the first time to girls in their 14th year and records received from all sources are as follows :— Girls born in 1961 2 Girls born in 1960 3 Girls born in 1959 14 Girls born in 1958 1038 Girls born in 1957 1216 Girls born in 1956 and earlier . 8 2281 Poliomyelitis immunisation : The record of persons receiving a full basic course of immunisation during the year is as follows :— Children bom in 1971 Children bom in 1970 Children born in 1969 Children bom in 1968 Children born in 1967 Children born in 1966 Children born in 1965 Others . 343 1618 237 89 19 12 86 45 2449 Parents continue to be advised by the district health visitors and by press advertisement of the importance of ensuring that their families are completely protected from this disease. B.C.G. Vaccination : During the year 18 schools were visited, and the following figures include nurses, medical students, contacts, newborn babies and others, as well as school children. Tuberculin Tested Neeative Reactors Vaccinated M. F. Total M. F. Total M. F. Total 1971 2294 2540 4834 1382 1440 2822 1318 1402 2720 1970 3323 3460 6783 2004 2031 4035 1822 1733 3555 Venereal Diseases : The following details of new cases during the year have been supplied by the Medical Officer of the Treatment Centre :— Syphilis Chancroid Gonorrhoea 1971 1970 1969 c 0) O 389 — 332 — Til 1 (Q O H 389 332 238 •o O u a <u . Cond. . Syph, orr. an ncroid 0) a a> > u o c > Co C M (Q c V M oj; O o > Sou H 953 1348 300 894 1231 268 687 927 226 Information about the Treatment Centre is usually displayed on notices placed in public lavatories. When requested, health visitors assist in following up suspected sources of infection and new suspected