[Report 1946-1947] / School Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1946-1947] / School Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    During 1946, out of a total of 546 children between 5 and 15 years of age who were immunised, 346 were dealt with under the County Council Scheme, 62 were immunised under the Scheme for the Borough of Shrewsbury, and 138 were dealt with under arrangements made by the other District Councils. Of the total of 324 school children who were immunised during 1947, a total of 189 were dealt with under the County Council Scheme, 46 under the scheme for the Borough of Shrews¬ bury, and 89 under arrangements made by the other District Councils. The estimated percentage of pupils in the County of Salop, between the ages of 5 and 15 years, who had been immunised against diphtheria rose from 84.5 on 31st December, 1946, to 87.3 at the end of 1947. This percentage includes those children, now of school age, who were protected against diphtheria before attaining the age of five years. Immunisation Statistics for School Children in the County of Salop. Area Local Sanitary Authority Number Immunised Percentage Immunised 1 1 Number Re-im- munised 1947 1946 . 1947 1946 1947 N.W. Combined Ellesmere Urban . . 3 3 87 90 16 District Ellesmere Rural 6 4 92 93 62 Oswestry Borough 56 18 96 97 45 Oswestry Rural 31 9 88 98 58 Wem Urban 1 9 99 75 6 Wem Rural 37 4 65 73 41 Whitchurch Urban 4 2 85 88 19 N.E. Combined Dawlev Urban 4 27 64 73 139 District Market Drayton Urban . . 2 5 99 89 7 Drayton Rural 14 15 77 85 17 Newport Urban — 1 54 79 5 Oakengates Urban 6 12 73 79 4 Shifnal Rural 16 11 85 78 Wellington Urban 16 4 90 86 5 Wellington Rural . . 21 26 75 89 59 S.W. Combined Atcham Rural 63 31 90 95 5 District Bishop’s Castle Borough . . — 1 92 95 — Church Stretton Urban . . 3 4 77 90 — Clun Rural 17 7 86 90 — Wenlock Borough 42 27 95 95 2 Ludlow Borough . . 74 24 96 90 92 Ludlow Rural 22 19 90 90 10 i Bridgnorth Bridgnorth Borough 31 5 64 58 2 Bridgnorth Rural . . 15 10 70 73 5 Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Borough 62 46 94 91 163 ! Whole County . . . . * 1 546 324 84.5 87.3 762 1