Annual report of the Department of Public Health and the Central Board of Health / South Australia.

  • South Australia. Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1964]
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Credit: Annual report of the Department of Public Health and the Central Board of Health / South Australia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. Local Boards of Health. The local boards of health continue to contribute the greatest number of the total injections given. The combined total for 1964 was 119,277 injections. This total is a drop of 37,036 on the 1963 total of 156,313 injections. Part of this fall-off in the total is cause for some concern. There is no doubt that the public response to immunization is not as enthusiastic as in the early days of the campaign, when the need for protection appeared more urgent. This need, however, still remains, and it is necessary to increase the percentage of the total population adequately immunized or a re-emergence of the disease is likely. One of the pleasing features is that a number of local boards are concerned with the fall-off in attendance. They are aware that this is a decreased response to the campaign rather than an indication that the population is now adequately immunized and have sought advice about this. A total of the number of injections given by each local board during 1964 is shown in Table 15. TABLE 15 Injections given 1964 1963 Metropolitan Adelaide. 700 792 Brighton. 1,699 2,083 Burnside. 1,816 3,341 Campbelltown . 3,180 2,837 Colonel Light Gardens . 148 136 Enfield . 6,519 752 8,732 952 Glenelg . Henley and Grange . 1,327 1,439 Hindmarsh. 852 905 Kensington and Norwood . 1,723 2,097 Marion . 8,493 2,896 1,895 8,842 3,629 1.334 Mitcham . Payneham . Port Adelaide . 3,025 1,708 5,324 2,045 Prospect. St. Peters . 1,342 1,120 1,272 3,075 Thebarton . 2,229 2,621 Walkerville . 187 419 West Torrens... 3,768 6,855 Woodville . 11,439 13,375 Country Angaston. 890 1,462 Balaklava . 522 660 Barmera . 654 402 Barossa . 158 131 Beachport . Carried out by Carried out by Millicent Millicent 992 712 Blyth . 101 360 Brown’s Weil. Carried out by Carried out by Loxton Loxton Burra Town . 398 1,089 Burra Burra . Carried out by Carried out by Burra Town Burra Town 26 590 Carrieton. nil nil Clare Town. 292 Carried out by Clare Clare District . Carried out by Clare Town 408 District 423 117 Clinton . Carried out by Carried out by Yorke Peninsula Yorke Peninsula Coonalpyn Downs. 317 650 Crystal Brook. 246 277 62 84 East Murray . Carried out by Carried out by Karoonda and Karoonda and Loxton Loxton East Torrens Local . 355 407 Elizabeth (from 1st July). 2,075 — Elliston . 161 219 Encounter Bay . 159 238 Eudunda . 240 494 Franklin Harbour. 127 452 Freeling . 243 147 1,651 574 Georgetown . Carried out by Carried out by Gladstone Gladstone Gladstone . 239 523 Gumeracha . nil 140 Hallett . 227 503 Hawker . 86 371 Jamestown Town . 245 1,207 Jamestown District . Carried out by Carried out by Jamestown Town Jamestown Town Kadina Town . 579 1,463 Kadina District. Carried out by Carried out by Kadina Town Kadina Town Kanyaka . Included in Quorn Included in Included in Quorn Included in Kapunda Town. Kapunda District Kapunda District Kapunda District . 551 690 Karoonda . 141 568 Kimba . 289 407 Kingscote . 483 177 Lacepede . 302 766