[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester R.D.C.

  • Winchester (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    • • t tit • t • Children under five years of age ... Children aged five to fifteen years Total of children under fifteen years of age t t t i t t 71.4 98.1 88.8 Publicitvj propaganda efforts are continuous; by means of leaf lets”ancT^ards, through the services of the health visitors, doctors, public health inspectors and voluntary agencies, parents are being constantly reminded of the need for immunisation• The following table shows the number of cases and the number of children immunised annually since 1944: Number of children immunised Number of cases r— ! Winchester England Primary R.D. and Year Under 5 Over 5 Total Boosts Wales 1944 481 220 701 2 25,199 1945 459 137 569 21 2 18,596 1946 491 322 813 38 2 11,896 1947 549 198 747 608 - 5,609 1948 754 25.4 1,008 1,510 - 3,575 1949 ' 660 219 879 919 1 1,890 1950 639 116 755 824 - 962 1951 686 78 764 861 - 664 1952 672 117 789 1,020 - 376 1953 680 91 771 1,527 266 1954 652 195 827 1,122 - 173 1955 540 110 650 1,095 - x55 1956 634 115 749 1,066 1 53 1957 661 72 733 823 - 37 1958 625 12 637 307 - 80 1959 677 25 702 845 M .. (The figure for cases for England and Wales is not yet available for the year 1959). It is seen in the above table that the number of notifications fell rapidly after the widespread introduction of immunisation. The full benefits from immunisation in this country are now beginning to come to light and the following table shows the dramatic change which has taken place in the incidence and mortality of the disease t