IMMUNITY FROM DIPHTHERIA
HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S SERVICE
The value of diphtheria immunisation was discussed by the Medical Officer of Health (Dr. J. H. Blakelock) when he showed a film dealing with immunisation to the Canterbury School Committees’ Association last evening. He said that, after immunisation treatment had been given, the risk of diphtheria was practically nil. Dr. Blakelock said that, ideally, all children should be immunised between the ages of six months and one year and given a fortifying dose when they entered school. The treatment was practically without effect on a young child. After the age of seven there was a minor degree of local reaction, and in older children the local reaction might be quite severe. If every child were immunised, diphtheria could be practically eliminated in New Zealand. That was not speculation, because there was evidence available in other countries. The response to the Health Department’s service in New Zealand had been good, but the department had no reason to. be satisfied until practically every child had been immunised.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24870, 9 May 1946, Page 3
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